public final class String implements……{private final char value[];//存储数组本身private int hash;//用来存储计算后的哈希值
}
基本上StringBuilder中所有的方法都是调用其抽象父类AbstractStringBuilder中的方法实现功能的,因此搞懂AbstractStringBuilder就搞懂了StringBuilder。
public final class StringBuilder extends AbstractStringBuilder implements ……{@Overridepublic StringBuilder append(String str) {super.append(str);return this;}…………
}
abstract class AbstractStringBuilder implements ……{char[] value;//数据存储int count;//实际长度public AbstractStringBuilder append(String str) {if (str == null)return appendNull();//1 append空字符串int len = str.length();ensureCapacityInternal(count + len);//2 扩容str.getChars(0, len, value, count);//3 把str中的字符复制到value中去count += len;return this;}//append空字符串:char数组末尾加上一个"null"字符串private AbstractStringBuilder appendNull() {int c = count;ensureCapacityInternal(c + 4);final char[] value = this.value;value[c++] = 'n';value[c++] = 'u';value[c++] = 'l';value[c++] = 'l';count = c;return this;}//扩容:如果char数组空间不够了,会重新创建一个足够长的数组,然后把原来的字符拷贝过来private void ensureCapacityInternal(int minimumCapacity) {// overflow-conscious codeif (minimumCapacity - value.length > 0) {value = Arrays.copyOf(value,newCapacity(minimumCapacity));}}}
没想到StringBuffer也是实现了AbstractStringBuilder抽象类,
public final class StringBuffer extends AbstractStringBuilder implements……{//用来缓存上一次的toString结果,但是一旦StringBuffer被修改,此缓存就会失效private transient char[] toStringCache;//用transient关键字标记的成员变量不参与序列化过程@Overridepublic synchronized StringBuffer append(Object obj) {//通过加锁来保证线程安全toStringCache = null;//一旦发生修改,让缓存失效super.append(String.valueOf(obj));//调用AbstractStringBuilder中的相应方法return this;}
}