Best Practice to reset a StringBuffer var

Sarge516

I want to manage memory well but a little confused about resetting StringBuffer vars and it's impact

static public StringBuffer mySB = new StringBuffer("OK by me");

... processing code

Now I want to reset the value in mySB to "Too Bad";

Is it OK to do the following or is there a better way ?

mySB = new StringBuffer("Too Bad");


Thanks!

Peter Verkaik

If you do that, the old StringBuffer still exists (there is no garbage collection)
but you have lost its reference.
Better way:
mySB.clear(); //clear the existing instance
mySB.append("Too Bad"); //append new string

regards peter

Sarge516

Thanks, I see I have some new methods to learn!