I have something like this:
Map<String, String> myMap = ...;
for(String key : myMap.keySet()) {
System.out.println(key);
System.out.println(myMap.get(key));
}
So is myMap.keySet()
called once in the foreach loop? I think it is, but I'd like to be sure.
I would like to know if using foreach in this way (myMap.keySet()
) has a performance impact or it is equivalent to this:
Set<String> keySet = myMap.keySet();
for (String key : keySet) {
...
}
If you want to be absolutely certain, then compile it both ways and decompile it and compare. I did this with the following source:
public void test() {
Map<String, String> myMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
for (String key : myMap.keySet()) {
System.out.println(key);
System.out.println(myMap.get(key));
}
Set<String> keySet = myMap.keySet();
for (String key : keySet) {
System.out.println(key);
System.out.println(myMap.get(key));
}
}
and when I decompiled the class file with Jad, I get:
public void test()
{
Map myMap = new HashMap();
String key;
for(Iterator iterator = myMap.keySet().iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); System.out.println((String)myMap.get(key)))
{
key = (String)iterator.next();
System.out.println(key);
}
Set keySet = myMap.keySet();
String key;
for(Iterator iterator1 = keySet.iterator(); iterator1.hasNext(); System.out.println((String)myMap.get(key)))
{
key = (String)iterator1.next();
System.out.println(key);
}
}
So there's your answer. It is called once with either for-loop form.