废话不多说,直接上代码
       long n = 10000;
        long start1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        String s1 = new String("hello");
        for (long i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            s1 += "拼接--";
        }
        long end1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        long time1 = end1 - start1;
        System.out.println("用String+=拼接字符串的时间:" + time1);
        long start2 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        String s2 = new String("hello");
        for (long i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            s2 = s2 + "拼接--";
        }
        long end2 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        long time2 = end2 - start2;
        System.out.println("用String=String+拼接字符串的时间" + time2);
        long start3 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        String s3 = new String("hello");
        for (long i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            s3 = s3.concat("拼接--");
        }
        long end3 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        long time3 = end3 - start3;
        System.out.println("用String.concat拼接字符串的时间" + time3);
        long start4 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        StringBuffer s4 = new StringBuffer("hello");
        for (long i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            s4.append("拼接--");
        }
        long end4 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        long time4 = end4 - start4;
        System.out.println("用StringBuffer.append拼接字符串的时间" + time4);
        long start5 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        StringBuilder s5 = new StringBuilder("hello");
        for (long i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            s5.append("拼接--");
        }
        long end5 = System.currentTimeMillis();
        long time5 = end5 - start5;
        System.out.println("用StringBuilder.append拼接字符串的时间" + time5);在Android机上的实测结果为:
06-08 22:06:23.650: I/System.out(28027): 用String+=拼接字符串的时间:3295
06-08 22:06:27.080: I/System.out(28027): 用String=String+拼接字符串的时间3429
06-08 22:06:30.280: I/System.out(28027): 用String.concat拼接字符串的时间3208
06-08 22:06:30.320: I/System.out(28027): 用StringBuffer.append拼接字符串的时间27
06-08 22:06:30.320: I/System.out(28027): 用StringBuilder.append拼接字符串的时间8
参考资料
http://niufc.iteye.com/blog/1707394