CHAPTER 49D — StringBuffer Objects

This chapter discusses the StringBuffer class, which is useful for processing character data. The class String alone could be used for this, but the StringBuffer class is often faster and more convenient.

Chapter Topics:

• Immutable Strings
• charAt() method of String
• Reversing a string
• StringBuffer
• Palindromes

Although the StringBuffer class is sometimes very useful, it is not essential. It is not covered in the AP Java computer science test.

String data = new String("Turtle");

data = data + 's' ;