toString() behaviour?

[ashok devaram]

class Test
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
Byte b1=new Byte("127");
if(b1.toString()==b1.toString())
System.out.println("true");
else
System.out.println("false");
}
}
when attempt to run this code ,the output shown is "false"
can u clarify me why it is printing "false".

[patrick J. d'cousta]

Ashok for such kind of question we have to actually look at the inplementation.The Byte toString method in turn calls Integer toString method the same is given below.As u can see a new String object is created everytime toString is called.

public static String toString(int i) {
switch(i) {
case Integer.MIN_VALUE: return "-2147483648";
case -3: return "-3";
case -2: return "-2";
case -1: return "-1";
case 0: return "0";
case 1: return "1";
case 2: return "2";
case 3: return "3";
case 4: return "4";
case 5: return "5";
case 6: return "6";
case 7: return "7";
case 8: return "8";
case 9: return "9";
case 10: return "10";
}
char[] buf = (char[])(perThreadBuffer.get());
int charPos = getChars(i, buf);
return new String(buf, charPos, 12 - charPos);
}

[A Kumar]

Hi,

I think this implementation is till JDK 1.4

and they have changed it in jdk 1.5