The StringBuilder
class in Java, introduced in Java 5, is designed to represent a mutable sequence of characters. Unlike the String
class, which creates immutable objects, StringBuilder
allows you to modify the character sequence without creating new objects, making it more efficient for frequent string manipulations. A key difference between StringBuilder
and StringBuffer
is that StringBuilder
is not synchronized, meaning it is not thread-safe but provides better performance in single-threaded environments due to the absence of synchronization overhead. This makes StringBuilder
the preferred choice when you do not need thread safety but want fast and efficient string modifications.
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StringBuilder class