Java Language Specification, Version Java SE 21 Edition

3.10.5. String Literals

4 Documented Misconceptions

LiteralString

When passing a literal string as argument to a method, no quotes are needed

NoCallOnStringLiteral

One cannot invoke methods on String literals

SingleQuoteString

String literals can be in single quotes

StringLiteralNoObject

One needs to call the String constructor to get a String object from a literal