title: Java String initialization
body: <p>Which do you prefer and why"</p>
  
  <pre><code>String myString = null;
  if(someCondition)
     myString = "something";
  else
     myString = "something else";
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>OR</p>
  
  <pre><code>String myString = "";
  if(someCondition)
     myString = "something";
  else
     myString = "something else";
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I know that using the ternary (? :) operator is possible but I'd like to know about the above two.</p>