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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-8332586

Avoid cloning empty arrays in java.lang.reflect.{Method,Constructor}

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    • Enhancement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • P4
    • 23
    • 17, 21, 22, 23
    • core-libs

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      In `Method` and `Constructor`, we have two methods that clone the relevant arrays before returning them to external code:

          /**
           * {@inheritDoc}
           */
          @Override
          public Class<?>[] getParameterTypes() {
              return parameterTypes.clone();
          }

          /**
           * {@inheritDoc}
           */
          @Override
          public Class<?>[] getExceptionTypes() {
              return exceptionTypes.clone();
          }

      Frequently, those are empty arrays, and we do not really need to clone them. Note that JDK-8177107 did a related thing in shared parts: it would effectively populate these fields with a singleton empty class array.

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