How does the String variables be saved in memory?

Question

In C++, strings are saved with the number of characters that contains the string and the chatscters, for example:

// C++

string name = "Paul";

This variable is saved like as: 3 | "Paul"
Bot exactly but that is the idea. Java saves the strings like C++ does?

Answer 1

Thank you Google... https://www.quora.com/How-are-strings-stored-in-Javas-memory
Every time you declare a String, a new instance of object String is created. This instance has 4 properties:
- an array of chars
- an int, representing its length
- an int, representing the offset (?)
- an int used to compute a hashcode
When you declare a String by means of new String(...), it's stored into the heap memory. But if you declare it as String x = "...", it's created into the so said String constant pool.

Sorry, I didn't find any official documentation that supports this explanation.