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I understand that StringBuilder should be used for concatenating multiple strings rather than using +. My question is what is the cut off point?
I have been told that if concatenating 4 or more strings you should use the StringBuilder.append(), and for anything else, use +. Is that the case? or is the point at which stringbuilder is more efficient more than 4?
As of Java 1.5, the compiler automatically uses StringBuilder when + is used in the source.
From the Javadoc for String:
The Java language provides special support for the string concatenation operator ( + ), and for conversion of other objects to strings. String concatenation is implemented through the StringBuilder(or StringBuffer) class and its append method.
