What's in new String() object?

[Charles Chikito]

    public class MyString {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		String s = new String();
		System.out.println(s);
	}
}

This program prints nothing. The String s = new String(); creates a new object of class String. What does it contains if not null?

[Jesper de Jong]

It's an empty string - a string with zero characters, so it prints nothing. Just like:

String s = "";

[Jelle Klap]

java.lang.String

API documentation wrote:
public String()
Initializes a newly created String object so that it represents an empty character sequence. Note that use of this constructor is unnecessary since Strings are immutable.

Edit: Grrr, stop that

[Charles Chikito]

   
public class MyString {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		String s = new String();
		String s2 = "";
		System.out.println(s2);
	}
}
 

Yes you are right. The above program also prints the same thing. Thanks