In Java, Why String is non-primitive data type?

Question

In Java, we can directly use String to declare a string variable name and specify its value. We do not have to define the string as an array by using new keywor

Answer 1

String is object, is immutable, that means that you cannot change the object itself, but you can change the reference to the object.

This is how String works

String myStr = "test";

This as usual, creates a string named "test" and assign it a reference "myStr".

Important point to note here is, while the String object is immutable, its reference variable is not.