Difference between Long.parseLong(String s) and new Long(String s)?

Question

I know that the String can be converted to a long using Long.parseLong(String) method and Long(String) constructor.

String str="12356";
Long myvar= Long.parseLong(str);
Long myvar2 = new Long(str);

Both of them gives same output. Value of myvar and myvar2 is same. I would like to know which one gives better performance and when to use parseLong and when to use new Long(String s).

Answer 1

The difference is

• parseLong returns a primitive
• new Long() will always create a new objecct

Answer 2

new Long will always create a new object, whereas parseLong doesn't.

I advise you to go through the implementation of each one.