How many String objects will be created here?

Question

String x = new String("xyz");
String y = "abc"; 
x = x + y; 

How many String objects would get created in this code?

Answer 1

There will be at least four objects:

• The interned string "xyz"
• The copy of the interned "xyz" string
• The interned string "abc"
• The result of concatenating the two strings.