Instantiating a ``++StringBuilder++`` or a ``++StringBuffer++`` with a character is misleading because most Java developers would expect the character to be the initial value of the ``++StringBuffer++``. What actually happens is that the int representation of the character is used to determine the initial size of the ``++StringBuffer++``. == Noncompliant Code Example ---- StringBuffer foo = new StringBuffer('x'); //equivalent to StringBuffer foo = new StringBuffer(120); ---- == Compliant Solution ---- StringBuffer foo = new StringBuffer("x"); ----