diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-apis-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/diffstringstringbuffer/MemoryAddress.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-apis-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/diffstringstringbuffer/MemoryAddress.java new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..42a4d9d4b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-apis-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/diffstringstringbuffer/MemoryAddress.java @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +package com.baeldung.diffstringstringbuffer; + +import java.lang.reflect.Field; + +import sun.misc.Unsafe; + +public class MemoryAddress { + public long getMemoryAddress(Object object) { + Object[] arrayOfObject = new Object[]{object}; + Unsafe unsafe = null; + try { + Field field = Unsafe.class.getDeclaredField("theUnsafe"); + field.setAccessible(true); + unsafe = (Unsafe) field.get(null); + } catch (NoSuchFieldException | IllegalAccessException e) { + e.printStackTrace(); + } + assert unsafe != null; + long arrayBaseOffset = unsafe.arrayBaseOffset(Object[].class); + int addressSize = unsafe.addressSize(); + long objectAddress; + if (addressSize == 4) { + objectAddress = unsafe.getInt(arrayOfObject, arrayBaseOffset); + } else { + if (addressSize == 8) { + objectAddress = unsafe.getLong(arrayOfObject, arrayBaseOffset); + } else { + throw new Error("Error: Size not supported: " + addressSize); + } + } + return objectAddress; + } +} diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-apis-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/diffstringstringbuffer/StringBufferUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-apis-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/diffstringstringbuffer/StringBufferUnitTest.java new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..adbe69b65e --- /dev/null +++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-apis-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/diffstringstringbuffer/StringBufferUnitTest.java @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +package com.baeldung.diffstringstringbuffer; + +import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals; + +import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test; + +public class StringBufferUnitTest { + @Test + void whenStringBufferVariableIsReassigned_thenVariableRetainsOriginalMemoryAddress() { + MemoryAddress memoryAddress = new MemoryAddress(); + StringBuffer stringBuffer = new StringBuffer("DownTown"); + long address1 = memoryAddress.getMemoryAddress(stringBuffer); + stringBuffer.insert(0, "Coder"); + assertEquals(stringBuffer.toString(), "CoderDownTown"); + long address2 = memoryAddress.getMemoryAddress(stringBuffer); + assertEquals(address1, address2); + } +} diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-string-apis-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/diffstringstringbuffer/StringUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-apis-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/diffstringstringbuffer/StringUnitTest.java new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bf1fcfeaf1 --- /dev/null +++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-string-apis-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/diffstringstringbuffer/StringUnitTest.java @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +package com.baeldung.diffstringstringbuffer; + +import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals; +import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotEquals; + +import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test; + +public class StringUnitTest { + @Test + void whenStringVariableIsReassigned_thenVariableGetsNewMemoryAddress() { + MemoryAddress memoryAddress = new MemoryAddress(); + String s1 = "DownTown"; + long address1 = memoryAddress.getMemoryAddress(s1); + s1 = "Coder"; + long address2 = memoryAddress.getMemoryAddress(s1); + assertNotEquals(address1, address2); + } + + @Test + void whenStringsAreIncludedInAStringBuffer_thenThoseStringsRemainImmutable() { + String s1 = "TopCat"; + StringBuffer stringBuffer = new StringBuffer("DownTown"); + stringBuffer.append(s1); + stringBuffer.reverse(); + assertNotEquals(s1, "taCpoT"); + stringBuffer.delete(0, 3); + assertEquals(s1, "TopCat"); + } +}