StringBuilder vs String concatenation in toString() in Java

Question

Given the 2 toString() implementations below, which one is preferred:

public String toString(){
    return \"{a:\"+ a + \", b:\" + b + \", c: \"         


        

Answer 1

Here is what I checked in Java8

• Using String concatenation

• Using StringBuilder

  long time1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
  usingStringConcatenation(100000);
  System.out.println("usingStringConcatenation " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - time1) + " ms");
  
  time1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
  usingStringBuilder(100000);
  System.out.println("usingStringBuilder " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - time1) + " ms");
  
  
  private static void usingStringBuilder(int n)
  {
      StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
      for(int i=0;i

It's really a nightmare if you are using string concatenation for large number of strings.

usingStringConcatenation 29321 ms
usingStringBuilder 2 ms