为什么 Java StringBuilder 有一个用于 CharSequence 的构造函数和另一个用于 String 的构造函数?

Why does Java StringBuilder have a constructor for CharSequence and another one for String?

知道String实现了CharSequence接口,那为什么StringBuilder有一个CharSequence的构造函数,另一个String的构造函数呢? javadoc 中没有指示!

public final class String
    implements java.io.Serializable, Comparable<String>, CharSequence {...}
public final class StringBuilder
    extends AbstractStringBuilder
    implements java.io.Serializable, CharSequence
{

...

    /**
     * Constructs a string builder initialized to the contents of the
     * specified string. The initial capacity of the string builder is
     * {@code 16} plus the length of the string argument.
     *
     * @param   str   the initial contents of the buffer.
     */
    public StringBuilder(String str) {
        super(str.length() + 16);
        append(str);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a string builder that contains the same characters
     * as the specified {@code CharSequence}. The initial capacity of
     * the string builder is {@code 16} plus the length of the
     * {@code CharSequence} argument.
     *
     * @param      seq   the sequence to copy.
     */
    public StringBuilder(CharSequence seq) {
        this(seq.length() + 16);
        append(seq);
    }
...
}

优化。如果我没记错的话,append 有两种实现方式。 append(String)append(CharSequence) 更有效,其中 CharSequence 是一个字符串。如果我不得不做一些额外的例程来检查以确保 CharSequence 与字符串兼容,将其转换为字符串,然后 运行 追加(字符串),那将比追加(字符串)长直接地。同样的结果。不同的速度。