FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
Java 7u2

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Bad performance when a bean method from the PropertyDescriptor is invoked.

see https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?forumID=933&threadID=2322123

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 6u29

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Execute the provided test case - with Java 6 it takes around 100ms with Java 7 around 5000ms.


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Execution time around 100ms
ACTUAL -
Execution time around 5000ms

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;

import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class PropertyDescriptorTest
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    JComponent c = new JPanel();
    String name = "name";
    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
    try
    {
      for (int i=0; i<1000; i++)
        new PropertyDescriptor(name, c.getClass()).getReadMethod().invoke(c);
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
    long stop = System.currentTimeMillis();
    System.err.println(stop-start);
  }
}
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