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Is reflection in Java a performance killer? Run these tests to check for yourself. After compilation, just run with the command line below passing a list of any strings as command line input to args[].
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import java.lang.reflect.*; | |
public class IsReflectionSlow { | |
public static double rand() { | |
return Math.random(); | |
} | |
public static String constant() { | |
return "constant"; | |
} | |
public static String concat(String[] strings) { | |
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); | |
for (String s : strings) | |
sb.append(s).append(" "); | |
return sb.toString(); | |
} | |
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { | |
testConstant(); | |
testRand(); | |
testConcat(args); | |
} | |
private static void testRand() throws Exception { | |
System.out.println("***** Testing Random number generation *****"); | |
long startStatic = System.currentTimeMillis(); | |
for (int i = 0; i < 100_000_000; i++) | |
rand(); | |
long stopStatic = System.currentTimeMillis(); | |
System.out.println("Static test results: " + (stopStatic - startStatic)); | |
Method m = IsReflectionSlow.class.getMethod("rand", new Class[0]); | |
Object[] params = new Object[0]; | |
long startReflect = System.currentTimeMillis(); | |
for (int i = 0; i < 100_000_000; i++) | |
m.invoke(null, params); | |
long stopReflect = System.currentTimeMillis(); | |
System.out.println("Reflection test results: " + (stopReflect - startReflect)); | |
} | |
private static void testConstant() throws Exception { | |
System.out.println("***** Testing Constants *****"); | |
long startStatic = System.currentTimeMillis(); | |
for (int i = 0; i < 100_000_000; i++) | |
constant(); | |
long stopStatic = System.currentTimeMillis(); | |
System.out.println("Static test results: " + (stopStatic - startStatic)); | |
Method m = IsReflectionSlow.class.getMethod("constant", new Class[0]); | |
Object[] params = new Object[0]; | |
long startReflect = System.currentTimeMillis(); | |
for (int i = 0; i < 100_000_000; i++) | |
m.invoke(null, params); | |
long stopReflect = System.currentTimeMillis(); | |
System.out.println("Reflection test results: " + (stopReflect - startReflect)); | |
} | |
private static void testConcat(String[] list) throws Exception { | |
System.out.println("***** Testing Concats *****"); | |
long startStatic = System.currentTimeMillis(); | |
for (int i = 0; i < 10_000_000; i++) | |
concat(list); | |
long stopStatic = System.currentTimeMillis(); | |
System.out.println("Static test results: " + (stopStatic - startStatic)); | |
Method m = IsReflectionSlow.class.getMethod("concat", new Class[] {String[].class}); | |
long startReflect = System.currentTimeMillis(); | |
for (int i = 0; i < 10_000_000; i++) | |
m.invoke(null, (Object) list); | |
long stopReflect = System.currentTimeMillis(); | |
System.out.println("Reflection test results: " + (stopReflect - startReflect)); | |
} | |
} |
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***** Testing Constants ***** | |
Static test results: 2 | |
Reflection test results: 212 | |
***** Testing Random number generation ***** | |
Static test results: 2234 | |
Reflection test results: 2697 | |
***** Testing Concats ***** | |
Static test results: 16341 | |
Reflection test results: 16870 |
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