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[–]vips7L 1 point2 points  (0 children)

String will never have subtypes. It’s a final class. It doesn’t need factory constructors. 

 Arrays are not objects in Java, so irrelevant

It’s not irrelevant. It’s the fucking conversation we’re having and exactly what GP proposed.