Java String 的 equals() 方法可能的优化

JDK1.4, 1.5 的 String Class 代码如下

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public final class String

    implements Java.io.Serializable, Comparable<String>, CharSequence

{

    /** The value is used for character storage. */

    private final char value[];

  /** The offset is the first index of the storage that is used. */

    private final int offset;

    /** The count is the number of characters in the String. */

    private final int count;

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[code]

    /**

     * Initializes a newly created <code>String</code> object so that it

     * represents the same sequence of characters as the argument; in other

     * Words, the newly created string is a copy of the argument string. Unless

     * an eXPlicit copy of <code>original</code> is needed, use of this

     * constrUCtor is unnecessary since Strings are immutable.

     *

     * @param   original   a <code>String</code>.

     */

    public String(String original) {

            int size = original.count;

            char[] originalValue = original.value;

            char[] v;

          if (originalValue.length > size) {

                // The array representing the String is bigger than the new

                // String itself. Perhaps this constructor is being called

                // in order to trim the baggage, so make a copy of the array.

                v = new char[size];

                System.arraycopy(originalValue, original.offset, v, 0, size);

            } else {

                // The array representing the String is the same

                // size as the String, so no point in making a copy.

                v = originalValue;

            }

            this.offset = 0;

            this.count = size;

            this.value = v;

    }

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从这段构造函数中，我们可以看出，不同Reference的String之间有可能共享相同的 char[]。