Counting String objects created by Java code

Question

How many String objects are created by the following code?

String x = new String(\"xyz\");
String y = \"abc\";
x = x + y;

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Answer 1

1.objects created in heap area "xyz" //created by 'String x' and xyzabc //created by 'x+y'(concatenation)

2.objects created in scp(string constant pool) "xyz" //created for future purpose which is not available for garbage collection and "abc" //created by 'String y' literal

so total objects created in this case is 4