What's the idiomatic way to turn a single char into a string in Java?

Question

Right now I'm using the following to minimize boxed object creation:

String myString = "" + myChar;

Is this the idiomatic way to do it? (IMHO it feels a little awkward.)

Answer 1

String.valueOf(char) or Character.toString(char) (the latter calling the former)

Answer 2

String.valueOf is your friend:

• It works for every type so you can be consistent
• It's null-safe (for reference types)
• It says what you mean

I have a very short article on this subject, in fact.