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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: > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader > does not understand > this format, some or all of this message may not be > legible. > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > 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.
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