intern() method of Strings

[Manoj Chandran]

Can any one plz explain the use of intern method in String?
plz provide an example.
thanx,
manoj chnadran

[ersin eser]

A pool of strings, initially empty, is maintained privately by the class String.
When the intern method is invoked, if the pool already contains a string equal to this String object as determined by the equals(Object) method, then the string from the pool is returned. Otherwise, this String object is added to the pool and a reference to this String object is returned.
It follows that for any two strings s and t, s.intern() == t.intern() is true if and only if s.equals(t) is true.
All literal strings and string-valued constant expressions are interned. String literals are defined in �3.10.5 of the Java Language Specification
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