There is an optimization opportunity for the widespread use-case when a resource is read from classpath using `getClass().getClassLoader().getResource()` or `getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream()`.
Pay attention to lines starting from 261. In case I run something like var props = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("/application.properties"); I get into the if-else block starting from 251 and here 'separator' variable is an empty String. In this case we can skip 'separator' from concatenation chain and use `String.concat()` as there are only two items concatenated. In the opposite case `separator` variable is `"/"` and at the same time `ind` variable is `-1`. This means that expression `path.substring(0, ind + 1)` always returns an empty String and again can be excluded from concatenation chain allowing usage of `String.concat()` which allows to dodge utilization of `StringBuilder` (here `StringConcatFactory` is not available, see https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/3627) In the next else-block, starting from 274, again, `String.concat()` is applicable. In another if-else block, starting from 277, when id is 0 again path.substring(0, ind) returns empty String making concatenation pointless and avoidable. There are also some other minor clean-ups possible regarding constant conditions (lines 252 and 161). The change allows to reduce significantly resource look-up costs for a very wide-spread case: @State(Scope.Benchmark) @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime) @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS) @Fork(jvmArgsAppend = {"-Xms2g", "-Xmx2g"}) public class ClassGetResourceBenchmark { private final Class<?> clazz = getClass(); @Benchmark public URL getResource() { return clazz.getResource("/application.properties"); } } The change allows to reduce memory consumption significantly: before Benchmark Mode Cnt Score Error Units ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource avgt 100 1649,367 ± 5,904 ns/op ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.alloc.rate avgt 100 619,204 ± 2,413 MB/sec ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.alloc.rate.norm avgt 100 1339,232 ± 4,909 B/op ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.churn.G1_Eden_Space avgt 100 627,192 ± 74,972 MB/sec ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.churn.G1_Eden_Space.norm avgt 100 1356,681 ± 162,354 B/op ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.churn.G1_Survivor_Space avgt 100 0,119 ± 0,100 MB/sec ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.churn.G1_Survivor_Space.norm avgt 100 0,257 ± 0,217 B/op ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.count avgt 100 128,000 counts ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.time avgt 100 227,000 ms after Benchmark Mode Cnt Score Error Units ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource avgt 100 1599,948 ± 4,115 ns/op ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.alloc.rate avgt 100 358,434 ± 0,922 MB/sec ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.alloc.rate.norm avgt 100 752,016 ± 0,004 B/op ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.churn.G1_Eden_Space avgt 100 342,778 ± 76,490 MB/sec ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.churn.G1_Eden_Space.norm avgt 100 719,264 ± 160,513 B/op ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.churn.G1_Survivor_Space avgt 100 0,008 ± 0,005 MB/sec ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.churn.G1_Survivor_Space.norm avgt 100 0,017 ± 0,010 B/op ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.count avgt 100 70,000 counts ClassGetResourceBenchmark.getResource:·gc.time avgt 100 151,000 ms ------------- Commit messages: - 8267840: Improve URLStreamHandler.parseURL() Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4526/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=4526&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8267840 Stats: 25 lines in 1 file changed: 3 ins; 8 del; 14 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4526.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/4526/head:pull/4526 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4526