StringBuffer和StringBuilder之间的主要区别是什么?在决定其中任何一项时是否存在性能问题?


当前回答

StringBuilder不是线程安全的。字符串缓冲区是。更多信息请点击此处。

编辑:至于性能,在热点启动后,StringBuilder是赢家。然而,对于较小的迭代,性能差异可以忽略不计。

其他回答

一个简单的程序说明了StringBuffer和StringBuilder之间的区别:

/**
 * Run this program a couple of times. We see that the StringBuilder does not
 * give us reliable results because its methods are not thread-safe as compared
 * to StringBuffer.
 * 
 * For example, the single append in StringBuffer is thread-safe, i.e.
 * only one thread can call append() at any time and would finish writing
 * back to memory one at a time. In contrast, the append() in the StringBuilder 
 * class can be called concurrently by many threads, so the final size of the 
 * StringBuilder is sometimes less than expected.
 * 
 */
public class StringBufferVSStringBuilder {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {

        int n = 10; 

        //*************************String Builder Test*******************************//
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        StringBuilderTest[] builderThreads = new StringBuilderTest[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            builderThreads[i] = new StringBuilderTest(sb);
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            builderThreads[i].start();
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            builderThreads[i].join();
        }
        System.out.println("StringBuilderTest: Expected result is 1000; got " + sb.length());

        //*************************String Buffer Test*******************************//

        StringBuffer sb2 = new StringBuffer();
        StringBufferTest[] bufferThreads = new StringBufferTest[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            bufferThreads[i] = new StringBufferTest(sb2);
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            bufferThreads[i].start();
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            bufferThreads[i].join();
        }
        System.out.println("StringBufferTest: Expected result is 1000; got " + sb2.length());

    }

}

// Every run would attempt to append 100 "A"s to the StringBuilder.
class StringBuilderTest extends Thread {

    StringBuilder sb;

    public StringBuilderTest (StringBuilder sb) {
        this.sb = sb;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
            sb.append("A");
        }

    }
}


//Every run would attempt to append 100 "A"s to the StringBuffer.
class StringBufferTest extends Thread {

    StringBuffer sb2;

    public StringBufferTest (StringBuffer sb2) {
        this.sb2 = sb2;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
            sb2.append("A");
        }

    }
}

但需要借助一个例子来明确区别吗?StringBuffer或StringBuilder

只需使用StringBuilder,除非您确实试图在线程之间共享缓冲区。StringBuilder是原始同步StringBuffer类的非同步(开销更少=效率更高)弟弟。

StringBuffer排名第一。Sun关注所有条件下的正确性,因此他们使其同步,以使其线程安全,以防万一。

StringBuilder后来出现了。StringBuffer的大多数使用都是单线程的,不必要地支付了同步的成本。

由于StringBuilder是没有同步的StringBuffer的替代品,因此任何示例之间都不会有差异。

如果您试图在线程之间共享,可以使用StringBuffer,但要考虑是否需要更高级别的同步,例如,如果您同步使用StringBuilder的方法,可能不需要使用StringBuffer。

StringBuffer已同步,StringBuilder未同步。

StringBuilder比StringBuffer更快,因为它不同步。

下面是一个简单的基准测试:

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int N = 77777777;
        long t;

        {
            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
            t = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for (int i = N; i --> 0 ;) {
                sb.append("");
            }
            System.out.println(System.currentTimeMillis() - t);
        }

        {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            t = System.currentTimeMillis();
            for (int i = N; i > 0 ; i--) {
                sb.append("");
            }
            System.out.println(System.currentTimeMillis() - t);
        }
    }
}

测试运行得出StringBuffer为2241ms,StringBuilder为753ms。

StringBuilder和StringBuffer之间没有基本区别,它们之间只有一些区别。在StringBuffer中,方法是同步的。这意味着一次只能有一个线程对它们进行操作。如果有多个线程,那么第二个线程将不得不等待第一个线程完成,第三个线程将必须等待第一个和第二个完成,依此类推。这使得进程非常缓慢,因此StringBuffer的性能很低。

另一方面,StringBuilder不同步。这意味着多个线程可以同时对同一StringBuilder对象进行操作。这使得过程非常快,因此StringBuilder的性能很高。