java.lang.String. - Java

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:24:43 -0000, "M.Ponmalar"
<M.Ponmalar> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who
said :

>Can anyone tell me what is the difference between the two assignments
>String ref = "HAI";
>String obj = new String("HAI");

The second creates a duplicate object, needlessly. The first just
assigns a reference to an existing interned string literal object
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