刚刚看到一篇讨论String和StringBuffer的文章,使我又更加的了解了它们。
http://community.csdn.net/Expert/topic/2872/2872127.xml
测试代码如下:
import java.util.Date;
public class TestStringPerformance {
static final int MAX_APPEND = 5000;
static final int THREAD_SLEEP = 6000;
public static void main(String[] args) {
long start, end;
System.gc();
try {Thread.sleep(THREAD_SLEEP);}catch(InterruptedException ie){}
start = new Date().getTime();
Method1();
end = new Date().getTime();
System.out.println("Method1 took " + (end-start) + " milliseconds.");
System.gc();
try {Thread.sleep(THREAD_SLEEP);}catch(InterruptedException ie){}
start = new Date().getTime();
Method2();
end = new Date().getTime();
System.out.println("Method2 took " + (end-start) + " milliseconds.");
System.gc();
try {Thread.sleep(THREAD_SLEEP);}catch(InterruptedException ie){}
start = new Date().getTime();
Method3();
end = new Date().getTime();
System.out.println("Method3 took " + (end-start) + " milliseconds.");
System.gc();
try {Thread.sleep(THREAD_SLEEP);}catch(InterruptedException ie){}
start = new Date().getTime();
Method4();
end = new Date().getTime();
System.out.println("Method4 took " + (end-start) + " milliseconds.");
}
// new keyword, no StringBuffers
static String Method1() {
String res = new String();
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_APPEND; i++) {
int temp = i%5;
switch(temp) {
case 0 : res += new String("AA"); break;
case 1 : res += new String("BB"); break;
case 2 : res += new String("CC"); break;
case 3 : res += new String("DD"); break;
case 4 : res += new String("EE"); break;
}
}
return res;
}
// no new keywords, no StringBuffers
static String Method2() {
String res = "";
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_APPEND; i++) {
int temp = i%5;
switch(temp) {
case 0 : res += "AA"; break;
case 1 : res += "BB"; break;
case 2 : res += "CC"; break;
case 3 : res += "DD"; break;
case 4 : res += "EE"; break;
}
}
return res;
}
// new keyword, StringBuffer used
static String Method3() {
StringBuffer res = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_APPEND; i++) {
int temp = i%5;
switch(temp) {
case 0 : res.append(new String("AA")); break;
case 1 : res.append(new String("BB")); break;
case 2 : res.append(new String("CC")); break;
case 3 : res.append(new String("DD")); break;
case 4 : res.append(new String("EE")); break;
}
}
return res.toString();
}
// no new keywords, StringBuffer used
static String Method4() {
StringBuffer res = new StringBuffer();
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_APPEND; i++) {
int temp = i%5;
switch(temp) {
case 0 : res.append("AA"); break;
case 1 : res.append("BB"); break;
case 2 : res.append("CC"); break;
case 3 : res.append("DD"); break;
case 4 : res.append("EE"); break;
}
}
return res.toString();
}
}
测试结果:
Method1 took 901 milliseconds.
Method2 took 811 milliseconds.
Method3 took 10 milliseconds.
Method4 took 0 milliseconds.
说明:
Method1使用new但是没用StringBuffer
Method2没用new也没有用StringBuffer
Method3使用new也使用了StringBuffer
Method4没用new但是用了StringBuffer
由此看来,在进行大量字符串运算的时候,我们选用StringBuffer能够大大提高性能.