Java does not deal with strings as arrays of bytes, but as objects : String « Java Source And Data Type « SCJP

1. SCJP
2. Java Source And Data Type
3. String

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] argv) {
    String name = ""; // an empty string, but still an object
    String type = ".TXT";
    String longtxt = "A great long bunch of text \n" + "to illustrate how you break long lines.";

  }
}