Peter Lawrey Stupid performance trick in Java
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ByteBuffer has a compact() method which is useful for re-using a buffer
if it is not full consumed. However, in the likely case it is consumed,
it can perform surprising badly.
while (in.read(buf) >= 0 || buf.position != 0) {
buf.flip();
out.write(buf);
buf.compact(); // In case of partial write
}
In my application, the throughput increased by 6% by replacing compact() with this method.
public static void compact(ByteBuffer bb) {
if (bb.remaining() == 0)
bb.clear();
else
bb.compact();
}
Note: this is not the increase in a micro-benchmark, but across the entire application!
Your Mileage May Vary of course
From http://vanillajava.blogspot.com/2011/11/stupid-performance-trick-in-java.html
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John David replied on Wed, 2012/01/25 - 7:09pm
Also another way to improve your java performance is to specify you buffer size at the start and hard code it in your code according to your requirements.
also keep in mind the memory size of your deployment server or machine.
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