When creating an instance of the String class by assigning its reference to a literal, the latter is placed in the so-called "pool of literals". If in the future another reference to a literal ...

What is the difference between String and StringBuffer classes? Why Java Team introduce StringBuffer? We already know, String class objects are immutable in nature and hence their contents cannot be ...

Hi all-<BR><BR>Does anyone know if there is a way to compare two strings, one having the wildcards '?' and '*'? I'm familiar with the Regular Expressions part of the standard library, but that's ...