UseStringBufferForStringAppends

Finds usages of += for appending strings.

This rule is defined by the following Java class: net.sourceforge.pmd.rules.optimization.UseStringBufferForStringAppends

Example:

                
      
public class Foo {
 void bar() {
  String a;
  a = "foo";
  a += " bar";
  // better would be:
  // StringBuffer a = new StringBuffer("foo");
  // a.append(" bar);
 }
}