String, StringBuffer, and StringBuilder

Question

What is some real time situation to compare String, StringBuffer, and StringBuilder?

Answer 1

Mutability Difference:

String is immutable. If you try to alter their values, another object gets created, whereas StringBuffer and StringBuilder are mutable, so they can change their values.

Thread-Safety Difference:

The difference between StringBuffer and StringBuilder is that StringBuffer is threadsafe. So when the application needs to be run only in a single thread, then it is better to use StringBuilder. StringBuilder is more efficient than StringBuffer.

Situations:

• If your string is not going to change use a String class, because a String object is immutable.
• If your string can change (example: lots of logic and operations in the construction of the string) and will only be accessed from a single thread, using a StringBuilder is good enough.
• If your string can change, and will be accessed from multiple threads, use a StringBuffer because StringBuffer is synchronous so you have thread-safety.