1、从类的定义看CharSequence、StringBuffer、StringBuilder、String的关系
下面先贴上这四者的定义(来自JDK1.6)
CharSequence是一个定义字符串操作的接口,StringBuffer、StringBuilder、String中都实现了这个接口.
//CharSequence定义 public interface CharSequence //StringBuffer定义 public final class StringBuffer extends AbstractStringBuilder implements java.io.Serializable, CharSequence //StringBuilder定义 public final class StringBuilder extends AbstractStringBuilder implements java.io.Serializable, CharSequence //String定义 public final class String implements
java.io.Serializable, Comparable<String>, CharSequence
String 是java中的字符串,它继承于CharSequence。
String类所包含的API接口非常多。为了便于今后的使用,我对String的API进行了分类,并都给出的演示程序。
String 和 CharSequence 关系
String 继承于CharSequence,也就是说String也是CharSequence类型。
CharSequence是一个接口,它只包括length(), charAt(int index), subSequence(int start, int end)这几个API接口。除了String实现了CharSequence之外,StringBuffer和StringBuilder也实现了CharSequence接口。
也就是说,CharSequence其实也就是定义了字符串操作的接口,其他具体的实现是由String、StringBuilder、StringBuffer完成的,String、StringBuilder、StringBuffer都可以转化为CharSequence类型。
StringBuilder和 StringBuffer的区别
StringBuilder和 StringBuffer都是可变的字符序列。它们都继承于AbstractStringBuilder,实现了CharSequence接口。
但是,StringBuilder是非线程安全的,而StringBuffer是线程安全的。
它们之间的关系图如下:
2、从构造函数到具体的字符串拼接操作看看String、StringBuffer、StringBuilder的区别
下面我们来分析一下String、StringBuffer、StringBuilder具体的构造函数,了解他们是怎么构造出来的,再看看具体的字符串连接操作。
(1)String
String的构造函数(几个常见的构造函数)
public String() { this.offset = 0; this.count = 0; this.value = new char[0]; } /** * Initializes a newly created {@code String} object so that it represents * the same sequence of characters as the argument; in other words, the * newly created string is a copy of the argument string. Unless an * explicit copy of {@code original} is needed, use of this constructor is * unnecessary since Strings are immutable. * * @param original * A {@code String} */ public String(String original) { int size = original.count; char[] originalValue = original.value; char[] v; if (originalValue.length > size) { // The array representing the String is bigger than the new // String itself. Perhaps this constructor is being called // in order to trim the baggage, so make a copy of the array. int off = original.offset; v = Arrays.copyOfRange(originalValue, off, off + size); } else { // The array representing the String is the same // size as the String, so no point in making a copy. v = originalValue; } this.offset = 0; this.count = size; this.value = v; } /** * Allocates a new {@code String} so that it represents the sequence of * characters currently contained in the character array argument. The * contents of the character array are copied; subsequent modification of * the character array does not affect the newly created string. * * @param value * The initial value of the string */ public String(char[] value) { this.offset = 0; this.count = value.length; this.value = StringValue.from(value); }
再看看String中具体的Concat函数
public String concat(String str) { int otherLen = str.length(); if (otherLen == 0) { return this; } char[] buf = new char[count + otherLen]; getChars(0, count, buf, 0); str.getChars(0, otherLen, buf, count); return new String(0, count + otherLen, buf); }
从Concat函数中,我们可以知道在对字符串使用concat操作后,具体的操作new出一个等同于两个字符串连接总长度的新的char数组,然后将两个字符串复制到新的char数组中,然后返回一个新的String对象。
(2)StringBuilder
StringBuilder常见构造函数
public StringBuffer() { super(16); } public StringBuffer(int capacity) { super(capacity); }
从StringBuilder的构造函数中,我们可以看见StringBuilder直接调用父类(AbstractStringBuilder)的构造函数,我们再看看AbstractStringBuilder的构造函数
abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements Appendable, CharSequence { final static int[] sizeTable = { 9, 99, 999, 9999, 99999, 999999, 9999999, 99999999, 999999999, Integer.MAX_VALUE }; /** * The value is used for character storage. */ char[] value; /** * The count is the number of characters used. */ int count; /** * This no-arg constructor is necessary for serialization of subclasses. */ AbstractStringBuilder() { } /** * Creates an AbstractStringBuilder of the specified capacity. */ AbstractStringBuilder(int capacity) { value = new char[capacity]; } //其他的一些逻辑 }
从AbstractStringBuilder的构造函数中,我们可以看出StringBuilder中存储字符串其实用的是一个char数组,capacity其实就是指定这个char数组的大小。
下面我们再从StringBuilder中的append函数看看他具体是怎么做的(以 append(String str) 为例看看)。
public StringBuilder append(String str) { super.append(str); return this; }
又是直接调用父类(AbstractStringBuilder)的append方法,再跟到父类中去看看。
/** * value 用来存储字符串. */ char value[]; /** * 有效字符串的数目. */ int count; public AbstractStringBuilder append(String str) { if (str == null) { str = "null"; } int len = str.length(); if (len == 0) { return this; } int newCount = count + len; if (newCount > value.length) { expandCapacity(newCount); } //getChars将字符串复制到指定的位置 str.getChars(0, len, value, count); count = newCount; return this; }
上面的逻辑还是比较简单的,在append(str)函数调用的时候,首先会判断原来用于存储字符串的values的字符串数组有没有足够的大小来存储将要新添加入StringBuilder的字符串。如果不够用,那么就调用expandCapacity(int minimumCapacity)让容量翻两倍(一般是扩大两倍,特殊情况见代码),如果够用,那么就直接添加进去。
/** * This implements the expansion semantics of ensureCapacity with no * size check or synchronization. */ void expandCapacity(int minimumCapacity) { int newCapacity = (value.length + 1) * 2; if (newCapacity < 0) { newCapacity = Integer.MAX_VALUE; } else if (minimumCapacity > newCapacity) { newCapacity = minimumCapacity; } value = Arrays.copyOf(value, newCapacity); }
(3)StringBuffer
StringBuffer的构造函数
/** * Constructs a string buffer with no characters in it and an * initial capacity of 16 characters. */ public StringBuffer() { super(16); } /** * Constructs a string buffer with no characters in it and * the specified initial capacity. * * @param capacity the initial capacity. * @exception NegativeArraySizeException if the <code>capacity</code> * argument is less than <code>0</code>. */ public StringBuffer(int capacity) { super(capacity); }
StringBuffer也是直接调用父类(AbstractStringBuilder)的构造函数,那么我们从上面的分析中,就可以知道StringBuffer其实也是利用char[]类型的数组来保存字符串数组的。
再看看StringBuffer的append函数
public synchronized StringBuffer append(String str) { super.append(str); return this; }
还是调用父类的append函数,但是在这里有值得注意的地方,StringBuffer的append函数有一个synchronized标识符,也就是说StringBuffer中的append函数是线程安全的,通过继续查阅其他StringBuffer中的函数,我们也可以发现他们有synchronized标识符,这就不难理解为什么StringBuffer是线程安全的,但是很明显加上线程控制会拖慢程序运行的速度,所以如果不需要线程控制,那么最好就用StringBuilder。
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