[DERBY-6230] Use the JVM's cache of Number instances in ReuseFactory

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 10.11.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 10.11.1.1
• Component/s: Services
• Bug behavior facts: Performance
• Assignee: Knut Anders Hatlen
• Reporter: Knut Anders Hatlen
• Created: 28/May/13 11:16
• Updated: 03/Sep/14 08:31
• Resolved: 30/May/13 07:20

Description

ReuseFactory has a cache of Byte, Short, Integer and Long instances to avoid excessive allocation of such instances.

As of Java 5, the JVM has a cache of its own, available through static valueOf() methods in these classes.

The JVM's cache is guaranteed to have at least all values in the range [-128, 127]. ReuseFactory currently caches Integer instances in the range [-1, 18] plus a few special values, and Byte, Short and Long instances in the range [0, 10].

If we change ReuseFactory so that it uses the JVM's cache, the number of cache misses will be lower, and the code will become shorter.