The Desire for Switching on Strings There is no question that some fellow Java developers are excited about the ability to switch on Strings. Two recent Java.net polls demonstrated this interest ...

is exactly one). I'm working on a crossword puzzle assistant program, so a user needs to be able to enter a string like 'ca??', and then the app will search the word list for matching strings (e.g ...

A Java string is a sequence of characters that exists as an object of the class java.lang. Java strings are created and manipulated through the string class. Once created, a string is immutable -- its ...