方法的主要功能看代码注释即可，这里主要看函数实现的方式。
1.getChars(char dst[], int dstBegin)
/**
* Copy characters from this string into dst starting at dstBegin.
* This method doesn't perform any range checking.
*/
void getChars(char dst[], int dstBegin) {
System.arraycopy(value, 0, dst, dstBegin, value.length);
}
该方法将调用该方法的字符串拷贝到字符数组dst中，从dstBegin开始存放，拷贝length字节。
该方法默认是包范围的，而且不进行边界检查。
2.getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char dst[], int dstBegin)
/**
* Copies characters from this string into the destination character
* array.
* <p>
* The first character to be copied is at index {@code srcBegin};
* the last character to be copied is at index {@code srcEnd-1}
* (thus the total number of characters to be copied is
* {@code srcEnd-srcBegin}). The characters are copied into the
* subarray of {@code dst} starting at index {@code dstBegin}
* and ending at index:
* <blockquote><pre>
* dstBegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
* </pre></blockquote>
*
* @param srcBegin index of the first character in the string
* to copy.
* @param srcEnd index after the last character in the string
* to copy.
* @param dst the destination array.
* @param dstBegin the start offset in the destination array.
* @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException If any of the following
* is true:
* <ul><li>{@code srcBegin} is negative.
* <li>{@code srcBegin} is greater than {@code srcEnd}
* <li>{@code srcEnd} is greater than the length of this
* string
* <li>{@code dstBegin} is negative
* <li>{@code dstBegin+(srcEnd-srcBegin)} is larger than
* {@code dst.length}</ul>
*/
public void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char dst[], int dstBegin) {
if (srcBegin < 0) {
throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcBegin);
}
if (srcEnd > value.length) {
throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcEnd);
}
if (srcBegin > srcEnd) {
throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcEnd - srcBegin);
}
System.arraycopy(value, srcBegin, dst, dstBegin, srcEnd - srcBegin);
}
该方法先对srcBegin、srcEnd进行了边界检查，然后调用System.arraycopy实现复制。
3.getBytes()
/**
* Encodes this {@code String} into a sequence of bytes using the named
* charset, storing the result into a new byte array.
*
* <p> The behavior of this method when this string cannot be encoded in
* the given charset is unspecified. The {@link
* java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder} class should be used when more control
* over the encoding process is required.
*
* @param charsetName
* The name of a supported {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset
* charset}
*
* @return The resultant byte array
*
* @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
* If the named charset is not supported
*
* @since JDK1.1
*/
public byte[] getBytes(String charsetName)
throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
if (charsetName == null) throw new NullPointerException();
return StringCoding.encode(charsetName, value, 0, value.length);
}
/**
* Encodes this {@code String} into a sequence of bytes using the given
* {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}, storing the result into a
* new byte array.
*
* <p> This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character
* sequences with this charset's default replacement byte array. The
* {@link java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder} class should be used when more
* control over the encoding process is required.
*
* @param charset
* The {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset} to be used to encode
* the {@code String}
*
* @return The resultant byte array
*
* @since 1.6
*/
public byte[] getBytes(Charset charset) {
if (charset == null) throw new NullPointerException();
return StringCoding.encode(charset, value, 0, value.length);
}
/**
* Encodes this {@code String} into a sequence of bytes using the
* platform's default charset, storing the result into a new byte array.
*
* <p> The behavior of this method when this string cannot be encoded in
* the default charset is unspecified. The {@link
* java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder} class should be used when more control
* over the encoding process is required.
*
* @return The resultant byte array
*
* @since JDK1.1
*/
public byte[] getBytes() {
return StringCoding.encode(value, 0, value.length);
}
这个三个方法都是将String编码为byte序列存储到byte数组后返回，都是调用StringCode.encode方法实现。
方法的不同之处是字符集指定方式，分别是字符集名字、字符集和平台默认字符集。
4.equals(Object anObject)
/**
* Compares this string to the specified object. The result is {@code
* true} if and only if the argument is not {@code null} and is a {@code
* String} object that represents the same sequence of characters as this
* object.
*
* @param anObject
* The object to compare this {@code String} against
*
* @return {@code true} if the given object represents a {@code String}
* equivalent to this string, {@code false} otherwise
*
* @see #compareTo(String)
* @see #equalsIgnoreCase(String)
*/
public boolean equals(Object anObject) {
if (this == anObject) {
return true;
}
if (anObject instanceof String) {
String anotherString = (String)anObject;
int n = value.length;
if (n == anotherString.value.length) {
char v1[] = value;
char v2[] = anotherString.value;
int i = 0;
while (n-- != 0) {
if (v1[i] != v2[i])
return false;
i++;
}
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
此方法将字符串与指定的对象anObject比较。
从代码中我们可以看出：
先使用==进行判断，这是对字节码进行判断，如果二者相同则返回true；
然后再判断anObject是否是一个String的一个实例,这是继续向下比较的条件；
如果anObject是一个String实例，则转换为String；
接下来比较两个字符串的长度，如果长度相等，再将两个字符串转换为char数组，对比相应位置上的元素。
只有类型、长度和元素都相等的情况下才返回true。
5.contentEquals(StringBuffer sb)
/**
* Compares this string to the specified {@code StringBuffer}. The result
* is {@code true} if and only if this {@code String} represents the same
* sequence of characters as the specified {@code StringBuffer}. This method
* synchronizes on the {@code StringBuffer}.
*
* @param sb
* The {@code StringBuffer} to compare this {@code String} against
*
* @return {@code true} if this {@code String} represents the same
* sequence of characters as the specified {@code StringBuffer},
* {@code false} otherwise
*
* @since 1.4
*/
public boolean contentEquals(StringBuffer sb) {
return contentEquals((CharSequence)sb);
}
该方法将字符串与一个StringBuffer对象进行比较，具体的比较操作是调用contentEquals()方法实现的。
6.contentEquals(CharSequence cs)
/**
* Compares this string to the specified {@code CharSequence}. The
* result is {@code true} if and only if this {@code String} represents the
* same sequence of char values as the specified sequence. Note that if the
* {@code CharSequence} is a {@code StringBuffer} then the method
* synchronizes on it.
*
* @param cs
* The sequence to compare this {@code String} against
*
* @return {@code true} if this {@code String} represents the same
* sequence of char values as the specified sequence, {@code
* false} otherwise
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public boolean contentEquals(CharSequence cs) {
// Argument is a StringBuffer, StringBuilder
if (cs instanceof AbstractStringBuilder) {
if (cs instanceof StringBuffer) {
synchronized(cs) {
return nonSyncContentEquals((AbstractStringBuilder)cs);
}
} else {
return nonSyncContentEquals((AbstractStringBuilder)cs);
}
}
// Argument is a String
if (cs instanceof String) {
return equals(cs);
}
// Argument is a generic CharSequence
char v1[] = value;
int n = v1.length;
if (n != cs.length()) {
return false;
}
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
if (v1[i] != cs.charAt(i)) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
该方法的参数是一个字符序列cs，只进行内容的比较：
如果cs是AbstractStringBuilder实例但不是StringBuffer实例，直接调用方法nonSyncContentEquals()进行比较；
如果cs是StringBuffer实例，也是调用方法nonSyncContentEquals()实现比较，但是需要synchronized同步；
如果cs不是AbstractStringBuilder实例，但是一个String实例，调用方法equals()实现比较；
如果cs只是一个普通的字符序列，比较序列长度和对应位置字符相等就可以了。
7.nonSyncContentEquals(AbstractStringBuilder sb)
private boolean nonSyncContentEquals(AbstractStringBuilder sb) {
char v1[] = value;
char v2[] = sb.getValue();
int n = v1.length;
if (n != sb.length()) {
return false;
}
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
if (v1[i] != v2[i]) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
这是一个私有方法。
从方法名就可以看出这是一个非同步比较方法，参数是AbstractStringBuilder类型。
比较时，也只是从AbstractStringBuilder取出字符数组，然后和调用者的字符数组进行比较。
综上，我们可以看到，不同的equals函数实现不同的判等方式，比如：
只进行存储内容的判断，而不比较类类型；
不但进行类型的判断，还要对存储内容进行判断；
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