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jkulmala on May 25, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Should String Be An Abstract Class?

String is immutable for good reasons. It's explained in Joshua Bloch's Effective Java, which should be mandatory reading for all Java programmers.

danbjson on May 25, 2013 [–]

Agreed. I cannot see anyone in this thread (blogpost or comments) that has argued for the opposite "string should be mutable".

jkulmala on May 26, 2013 | [–]

Well, immutable classes are final. Thus, suggesting to make it abstract does suggest the opposite, IMHO.

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