了解一个类最好的方式就是看源码
public final class String implements java.io.Serializable, Comparable<String>, CharSequence{ /** The value is used for character storage. */ private final char value[]; /** The offset is the first index of the storage that is used. */ private final int offset; /** The count is the number of characters in the String. */ private final int count; /** Cache the hash code for the string */ private int hash; // Default to 0 /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.0.2 for interoperability */ private static final long serialVersionUID = -6849794470754667710L; public String substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex) { if (beginIndex < 0) { throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(beginIndex); } if (endIndex > count) { throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(endIndex); } if (beginIndex > endIndex) { throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(endIndex - beginIndex); } return ((beginIndex == 0) && (endIndex == count)) ? this : new String(offset + beginIndex, endIndex - beginIndex, value);}public String concat(String str) { int otherLen = str.length(); if (otherLen == 0) { return this; } char buf[] = new char[count + otherLen]; getChars(0, count, buf, 0); str.getChars(0, otherLen, buf, count); return new String(0, count + otherLen, buf);}public String replace(char oldChar, char newChar) { if (oldChar != newChar) { int len = count; int i = -1; char[] val = value; /* avoid getfield opcode */ int off = offset; /* avoid getfield opcode */ while (++i < len) { if (val[off + i] == oldChar) { break; } } if (i < len) { char buf[] = new char[len]; for (int j = 0 ; j < i ; j++) { buf[j] = val[off+j]; } while (i < len) { char c = val[off + i]; buf = (c == oldChar) ? newChar : c; i++; } return new String(0, len, buf); } } return this;}} 更多的不再展示。 从以上的源码中获得信息: