[jdom-interest] About JDOM performance

[Jason Hunter]

phil at triloggroup.com wrote:
> 
> In fact, the memory overhead for an object is something like 30 
> bytes, depending on the JVM.
> The size for a 100,000 items in a linked is approximatly 
> 100000*(30+4*3)=4,200,000 bytes, regarding less the entry
> itself. On the over hand, the array list, in the worst case, is 
> 150,000*4=600,000 bytes => 7 times lower !! The only
> drawback is that memory must be contiguous. But this is not a 
> constrainy under Win32 since the memory is logically
> contiguous but allocated in blocks.
> Also note that creating plenty of LinkedList.Entry objects 
> stress the garbage collector.
> 
> I will definitively remove the LinkedLists from my own JDOM 
> sources and replace them by ArrayLists.

Phil, seems you have a compelling argument for why we should use
ArrayList always.  Anyone have a counter?

Jools, does this have a profound effect on your next-gen list work? 
Might make it easier on you since you wouldn't have to manage a
singly-linked list.  Perhaps you could just wrap/extend an ArrayList.

-jh-