How does the String class achieve this.

Question

How come we can do the following with the String class:
// The class is initialized using the equals sign!
String s = "Hello, World"";I am currently checking the string class but can not find what makes the above possible. could anyone help me?

Answer 1

ok sorry for not being so clear :)
When having a String class, we can initialize it by doing the following:
String myString = "Hello World"; Whis as JosAH explained it is handeled by the compiler. However my common sense tells me that the String class is nothing but a normal class (not like int, long, etc). So if it a normal class, then in that class there is a way to understand what = "somthing" means, and update it's state accordingly.
I would like to do the same think with my class. example:
Person MyPerson = "John, Smith";The above is a stupid example, however it gathers my point. The String class sess what is inside the quates and updates it state (with the help of the compiler). Can the Person class do the same? how?