Why new keyword not needed for String

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With the following line you are not creating a new String object in the heap but reusing a string literal (if already available):

String message = "Hai";

"Hai" is a string literal in the string literal pool. Since, strings are immutable, they are reusable so they are pooled in the string literal pool by the JVM. And this is the recommended way, because you are reusing it.

But, with the following you are actually creating a new object (in the heap):

String message = new String("Hai");

new String("Hai") is a new String object. In this case, even if the literal "Hai" was already in the string literal pool, a new object is created. This is not recommended because chances are that you might end with more than one String objects with the same value.

Also see this post: Questions about Java’s String pool

Are there other classes which do not require new to create object ??

Actually, you can not create any object in Java without using the keyword new.

e.g.

Integer i = 1;

Does, not mean that the Integer object is created without using new. It’s just not required for us to use the new keyword explicitly. But under the hood, if the Integer object with value 1 does not already exist in cache (Integer objects are cached by JVM), new keyword will be used to create it.

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