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I wrote two methods to check there performance
public class Test1 {
private String value;
public void notNull(){
if( value != null) {
//do something
}
}
public void nullNot(){
if( null != value) {
//do something
}
}
}
and checked it's byte code after compiling
public void notNull();
Code:
Stack=1, Locals=1, Args_size=1
0: aload_0
1: getfield #2; //Field value:Ljava/lang/String;
4: ifnull 7
7: return
LineNumberTable:
line 6: 0
line 9: 7
StackMapTable: number_of_entries = 1
frame_type = 7 /* same */
public void nullNot();
Code:
Stack=2, Locals=1, Args_size=1
0: aconst_null
1: aload_0
2: getfield #2; //Field value:Ljava/lang/String;
5: if_acmpeq 8
8: return
LineNumberTable:
line 12: 0
line 15: 8
StackMapTable: number_of_entries = 1
frame_type = 8 /* same */
}
in here two opcodes are used to implement the if condition: in first case it use ifnull- check top value of stack is null-, and in second case it use if_acmpeq- check top two value are equal in the stack-
so, will this make an effect on performance? (this will helps me to prove first implementation of null is good in performance wise as well as in the aspect of readability :) )