benchmarks/StringIterationBenchmark.java

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package benchmarks;

/**
 * How do the various schemes for iterating through a string compare?
 */
public class StringIterationBenchmark {
    public void timeStringIteration0(int reps) {
        String s = "hello, world!";
        for (int rep = 0; rep < reps; ++rep) {
            char ch;
            for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) {
                ch = s.charAt(i);
            }
        }
    }
    public void timeStringIteration1(int reps) {
        String s = "hello, world!";
        for (int rep = 0; rep < reps; ++rep) {
            char ch;
            for (int i = 0, length = s.length(); i < length; ++i) {
                ch = s.charAt(i);
            }
        }
    }
    public void timeStringIteration2(int reps) {
        String s = "hello, world!";
        for (int rep = 0; rep < reps; ++rep) {
            char ch;
            char[] chars = s.toCharArray();
            for (int i = 0, length = chars.length; i < length; ++i) {
                ch = chars[i];
            }
        }
    }
    public void timeStringToCharArray(int reps) {
        String s = "hello, world!";
        for (int rep = 0; rep < reps; ++rep) {
            char[] chars = s.toCharArray();
        }
    }
}