On Tue, 11 Jul 2023 19:34:29 GMT, Ashutosh Mehra <d...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/jdk.hotspot.agent/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/oops/Annotations.java
>> line 74:
>>
>>> 72: public U1Array getFieldAnnotations(int fieldIndex) {
>>> 73: Address addr = fieldsAnnotations.getValue(getAddress());
>>> 74: ArrayOfU1Array annotationsArray =
>>> VMObjectFactory.newObject(ArrayOfU1Array.class, addr);
>>
>> How about caching this result so you don't need to allocate a new object
>> every time this API is called. Same thing in `getFieldTypeAnnotations()`.
>
> I think VMObjectFactory is a better place to implement the caching behavior
> so that all such patterns can benefit from it. I think it is better addressed
> in another task.
I think maybe you misunderstood what I meant by "cache". I'm not talking about
a hashmap of weak references or anything like that. Just add a `ArrayOfU1Array
annotationsArray` field to the Annotations object and store the result there.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14735#discussion_r1260246699
