What are the benefits of using identical String literals instead of a final variable?

Question

I\'ve come across a class that includes multiple uses of a string literal, \"foo\".

What I\'d like to know, is what are the benefits and impact (in terms of object c

Answer 1

From the JLS
Compile-time constants of type String are always "interned" so as to share unique instances, using the method String.intern.

So, no, there's gonna be only one string object.

As Mark notes, this is strictly the question of maintainability and not performance.