Core java - Interview Questions and Answers for 'Harbinger group' | Search Interview Question - javasearch.buggybread.com

Javasearch.buggybread.com

Search Interview Questions

More than 3000 questions in repository.

There are more than 900 unanswered questions.
Click here and help us by providing the answer.

Have a video suggestion.
Click Correct / Improve and please let us know.

Submit Question

Core java - Interview Questions and Answers for 'Harbinger group' - 1 question(s) found - Order By Newest

Frequently asked in Infosys India

Q1. What is a String Pool ?

Ans. String pool (String intern pool) is a special storage area in Java heap. When a string is created and if the string already exists in the pool, the reference of the existing string will be returned, instead of creating a new object and returning its reference.

Help us improve. Please let us know the company, where you were asked this question :

_{Like Discuss Correct / Improve java oops string string class string pool heap memory Asked in 31 Companies intermediate frequent}

Try 2 Question(s) Test

Related Questions

What are different ways to create String Object? Explain.

Why Char array is preferred over String for storing password?

How does making string as immutable helps with securing information ? How does String Pool pose a security threat ?

Which memory segment holds String Pool in Java ?

How and Why Strings are interned in Java ?

What will be the output of following code

Integer x = 1;
Integer y = 2;
System.out.println(x == y);

What if you change 1 to "1" and Integer to String?

What will be result of following code and why

Integer int1 = 1;
Integer int2 = 1;
String str1 = new String("str");
String str2 = new String("str");
String str3 = "str";
String str4 = "str";

System.out.println(int1 == int2);
System.out.println(str1 == str2);
System.out.println(str3 == str4);

What is the purpose of String Pool ? Don't you think it's a performance overhead to have unnecessary check for string in string pool ?

Why string pool concept has been introduced in string ?