Make a small test app that does them both. Compile, then
decompile the class to see what the compiler did to optimize
the source. You may get an idea of what each one does and
answer your question.
I expect a full report. :)
Brad
www.bvstools.com
On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 13:38:29 -0000
"Price, Chris" <chris_price@nsb.co.uk> wrote:
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> Just a funny question that occurred to me:
>
> I am using an object that I know is a String, but
> accessing it through an
> interface (such as Iterator) that only returns an Object.
>
> Is it "correct" to use the toString method on the Object,
> rather than
> casting it to String?
>
> Which is more efficient?
>
> Chris.
