Q for regardinging intern()

[Jennifer Warren]

Well this is in additon to one of the question asked previously. I wanted to know if u do as following.
String s = new String("Java");
s.intern();
String s = "Java";
s==s1 still returns false.
why!.
cause if you have two strings like,
String s1="java";
String s2="java";
s1==s2 will always return true due to this string being in the pool not in the heap.
so what is the significance of intern() method.
Jennifer.

[Valentin Crettaz]

because invoking intern on s does not reassign the reference hold by s to the reference now contained in the pool.
try doing this and it works
s = s.intern();
HIH
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Valentin Crettaz
Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform