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Why Strings are immutable in Java?
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In Java, Strings are by default immutable (i.e. Once created they cannot be changed)
For example: If you assign a value to the String say “Arun Kumar” as shown below:
String name = “Arun Kumar”;
And, in the next statement, I will change the value of the String to other value say “Arun Motoori” as shown below:
name = “Arun Motoori”;
After performing the above two steps, though it looks like the value has been updated. But in reality, a new object will be created to store new value “Arun Motoori” and the old object storing “Arun Kumar” is not deleted. i.e. Instead of updating or changing the value stored in the old object, a new object will be created for every new value assigned to the same variable of String.
So in Strings, on assigning a value to the variable, a new object will be created to store the value and the value stored in the object cannot be changed or mutated. Hence Strings are immutable in Java.
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