what is the difference in java objects created with "new" and the ones that do not use "new"

Question

What is the difference between creating an object with and without "new"?

example:

Thing someThing = new Thing();

vs.

Path filePath = Path.get("C:\\......)

In the first example I understand that when instantiating the object, that "new" is allocating memory for a the someThing object and that the memory location is referenced by someThing.

My text book says " You create a Path object" by using the second example. Is the difference just how the object is stored or memory is allocated? I am not sure why you would create an object this way.

Answer 1

In the second case you are using a static method which is internally creating the object or passing a reference to an existing object. This is a common pattern particularly when the APIs wish to hide an internal implementation (as is the case here).