Is String s = “foobar” atomic?

Question

Is String s = \"foobar\"; atomic?

Assigning a object-reference should be, but I\'m no really sure.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Yes, but if you're worried about race conditions, you should at least be aware of 'synchronized' methods/blocks.

And note that this is not atomic because it contains two operations:

String s = string_a + string_b;