Bukkit Discussion: String and StringBuffers

Would it be more efficient over all of the "Bukkit" project, to change all String Objects, String Instantiations, and String Parameters to StringBuffer Objects?

or

Is it a waste of development time for other things, instead of being able to concatenate strings easier and more efficiently.

Also, why is '\n' not allowed in Minecraft chat as a newline?

 

IIRC, Java concatenates by using a string buffer, and converting it to a string during run time. Might just be for Java 7 though, I can't recall.

 

Perhaps my discussion is a pointless one. Considering Bukkit doesn't do too much with Strings / Character Arrays, it doesn't really matter. Perhaps, I should find something else to research for making something more efficient. I really like efficiency and looking for better ways of getting something accomplished.

Also, StringBuilder is another possible more efficient way then using a StringBuffer or a String Class Instance. The only real difference between them though is Synchronization and Thread Safety.

Apparently, from what I've been reading the StringBuilder Class is almost a exact copy of the StringBuffer class except all the Synchronized keywords have been taken out.

Thanks for your opinion

 

If you want to point out efficiency issues, feel free to peruse MM. I always appreciate another pair of eyes. I'm sure I could use it much more.