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I understand the benefits of StringBuilder.
But if I want to concatenate 2 strings, then I assume that it is better (faster) to do it without StringBuilder. Is this correct?
At what point (number of strings) does it become better to use StringBuilder?
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StringBuilder class can be used when you want to modify a string without creating a new object. For example, using the StringBuilder class can boost performance when concatenating many strings together in a loop.
StringBuilder is used when we want to modify Java strings in-place. StringBuffer is a thread-safe equivalent similar of StringBuilder . StringBuilder has methods such as append , insert , or replace that allow to modify strings.
When to use which one: If a string is going to remain constant throughout the program, then use String class object because a String object is immutable. If a string can change (example: lots of logic and operations in the construction of the string) then using a StringBuilder is the best option.
StringBuffer was introduced in Java 1.0 whereas StringBuilder class was introduced in Java 1.5 after looking at shortcomings of StringBuffer. If you are in a single-threaded environment or don't care about thread safety, you should use StringBuilder. Otherwise, use StringBuffer for thread-safe operations.
I warmly suggest you to read The Sad Tragedy of Micro-Optimization Theater, by Jeff Atwood.
It treats Simple Concatenation vs. StringBuilder vs. other methods.
Now, if you want to see some numbers and graphs, follow the link ;)
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