JDK Version:1.2beta3-J
OS: Solaris
Locale:

On Solaris, JDKversion 1.2beta3-J, List add(String) method is much slower
than previous version, such as jdk1.1.3.
==============================CheckList.java===============================
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;

public class CheckList implements ActionListener {
   Button button;
   List list;
   public static void main(String args[]) {
       new CheckList();
   }

   public CheckList() {
       Frame f = new Frame("Check List");
       f.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
       button = new Button("Remove All");
       button.addActionListener(this);
       list = new List(20);
       for (int i = 0; i < 800; i ++) {
           list.add("My number is " + i);
       }
       f.add("North", button);
       f.add("South", list);
       f.pack();
       f.setVisible(true);
    }

   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        if (list.getItemCount() > 0) {
           list.removeAll();
           list.invalidate();
button.setLabel("Add Items");
        } else {
for (int i = 0; i < 800; i ++) {
list.add("My number is " + i);
}
button.setLabel("Remove All");
}
   }


}

jim.hu@prc 1998-03-05

This bug still exists in JDK1.2beta3-L.

jim.hu@prc 1998-03-12