When the coding comes to an end with string manipulation in the buffer and further no modification is required, keeping extra buffer is memory waste. To remove the extra buffer than required to hold the characters, Programmer calls this method.
What Java API says:
- public synchronized void trimToSize(): Deletes the extra buffer existing more than the length. Introduced with JDK 1.5 version.
Following example illustrates the method with 4 StringBuffer objects.
public class Demo
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
StringBuffer sb1 = new StringBuffer("ABC");
sb1.append("DEF");
System.out.println("String length in the buffer before trimToSize(): " + sb1.length()); // 6
System.out.println("Buffer capacity before trimToSize(): " + sb1.capacity()); // 19
sb1.trimToSize();
System.out.println("\nString length in the buffer after trimToSize(): " + sb1.length()); // 6
System.out.println("Buffer capacity after trimToSize(): " + sb1.capacity()); // 6
}
}
Output screenshot on trimToSize() StringBuffer Example
Observe, after trimToSize() is called, the buffer is reduced from 19 to 6, just sufficient to store 6 characters.
For better understanding, know the difference: ensureCapacity() vs setLength() vs trimToSize().
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