Most efficient way of converting String to Integer in java

Question

There are many ways of converting a String to an Integer object. Which is the most efficient among the below:

Integer.valueOf()
Integer.parseInt()
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Answer 1

Another way is this method:

public class stringtoInteger {

    private static int stringtoInteger(String x) {
        String value = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < x.length(); i++) {
            char character = x.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isDigit(character)) {
                value = value + character;
            }
        }
        return Integer.parseInt(value);
    }
}  

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