java string value + int is a string or not?

When a Java String value is concatenated with an int value using the + operator, the result is a String. 

This behavior is due to Java's rules for the + operator: 

1. If either operand is a String, the other operand is automatically converted to its string representation (e.g., the integer 10 becomes "10").
2. The operator then performs string concatenation. 

Example:

 String value = "The answer is: ";

int number = 42;

String result = value + number;

// The value of 'result' will be the string "The answer is: 42"