string doubt

[boy22]

what is the difference between following string intializations.

String s = "abc";
String str = new String("abc");

[hardwired]

s is a String.
str is a copy of the String argument "abc". Since strings in java are immutable, the second statement is not necessary unless you need a copy of the argument string. See String api.

[cruxblack]

From what i learn so far, in Java, String is an object, not a primitive type
The default way to create an object is by using the new keyword, like in the 2nd statement u wrote

But as to the impractical way of using a new keyword each time u create a String -which the designer assume are going to be often that is, and it certainly does- the language designer deiced to put a shortcut to instantiate a String without using the new keyword, and also to make it look similar like how u would initialize a String in other programming language

[boy22]

thanks for your time guys