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Strings vis-a-vis Objects

Every String is an instance of Java’s built-in class String.

Thus, Strings are objects.

Java provides extra support for Strings as a convenience because of the frequency with which Strings are used.

Three obvious String support features:

1. You need not explicitly instantiate

Strings with the ‘new’ keyword. Java automatically instantiates a

String object when it

encounters a text string

within double-quotes.

For example . . .

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