On 02/08/2010 23:33, Caldarale, Charles R wrote: >> From: Mark Thomas [mailto:[email protected]] >> Subject: Re: getCurrentTimeMillis definition in JDBCAccessValve >> >> Speed. This way we only generate a new date string every 1s. > > But why generate the Date instance at all? Since System.currentTimeMillis() > is being called every time, why not return that value, rather than ever > creating a Date object with a specific time just to return the time value it > was constructed with? The Date object itself is not used outside the scope > of this one method.
You no the mantra by now. If you can see room for improvement, patches are always welcome. ;) Note that there are some tests in the test tree you can use to see what impact your changes have on performance. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
