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

Yes String is an object in Java. The fact that it can be used similar to primitives does not contradict

Please refer - Strings are objects in Java, so why don't we use 'new' to create them?