Is it better to write "" + 42 or Integer.toString(42)?  How much memory can you save if you intern() all of your strings?  How can String Deduplication reduce your memory footprint and what does it cost?  And how much memory will Java 9 Strings save in Estonian?  What is the maximum length of a constant String?  And a dynamic String?  How much faster is new StringBuilder().append("Hello ").append(name).toString() than "Hello " + name?  What are intrinsics and how do they relate to Strings?  Are Strings really immutable?  How can you efficiently create substrings?  These and many more questions we will answer during this talk.

Heinz’s Java Specialists’ newsletter is filled with amusing anecdotes of life on the Island of Crete. He is a popular speaker at all the best Java conferences around the world, and also at some of the worst. He teaches Java courses in classrooms around the world, where his prime objective is to make absolutely sure that none of his students fall asleep. He is not always successful.

Enough java.lang.String to Hang Ourselves ...