java - Where is the new Object of String created when we concat using + operator

Question

I know this might be quite basic and probably pretty straight forward but i cannot clearly understand what will happen in this situation, so, here it goes.

In the following code:

String str1 = "Hello";
String str2 = "World";
String str3 = new String("HelloWorld");
String str4 = str1 + str2;

i know that str1 and str2 will create an object "Hello" and "World" respectively inside the String Constant Pool. While for str3 a new object is created outside the String Constant Pool which is pointing to "HelloWorld" that is created inside String Constant Pool.

My question is, what will happen if i concat 2 or more string (using '+' or concat() method)?

Will a new object be created outside the pool just like in the case of String str3 or will str4 point directly at the object "HelloWorld" inside the String Constant Pool

PS : And IF it is the case similar as creation of new object outside the pool, then how does it happen without using the new keyword?

Answer 1

First of all, This is not an answer, this is the way to get answer by your self or explanation of situation.
Concatenation of two strings is always creating a new object?of the string.
To conform this thing you can do one thing that how it managed in memory heap and pool.

1: Go to the NetBeans:
2: Write program like this:

public class StringTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String str1 = "Hello";
        String str2 = "World";
        String str3 = new String("HelloWorld");
        String str4 = str1 + str2;
        String str5 = str1 + str2;
        String str6 = str1.concat(str2);

        String str7 = "HelloWorld";
        String str8 = "HelloWorld";

        System.out.println("");
    }
}

3: Just put a break point at System.out.println(""); this line.
4: Now debug this code.
5: Goto the Variable window (Window->Debugging->Variables), which looks like:

6: Now Right Click on str8 and select Mark Object... and give some tag to that object like Same Object.

Now you can see that same tag line is also appear on str7 like:

Which shows that both references str7' andstr8` are refer same object.

7: Now check this thing for str3-4-5-6 all references by marking them with a different tag lines like:

And for further more internal management of that object just look into Show Refereances option by right clicking on the variable name in variables windows like:

Update:
- Concatenation creates objects in the heap.
- To make sure this statement look which says that pool can not contain multiple string with the same value
- And here str7-8 are referred object from the pool which is different from the str4-5-6 as depicted in the screenshot of point 7.
- And you also can confirm it by comparing str5 to str7 by using == operator if it returns true, the concatenation creates objects in pool because str7 refer to the pool and both are referred the same object, but it will returns false because both are not same.