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'StringBuffer' may be 'StringBuilder'

Reports variables declared as StringBuffer and suggests replacing them with StringBuilder. StringBuilder is a non-thread-safe replacement for StringBuffer.

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StringBufferMayBeStringBuilder
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This inspection only reports if the language level of the project or module is 5 or higher.

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IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

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Java, 243.23126

Last modified: 03 December 2024