VirtualVersusInterfaceBenchmark.java

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package benchmarks;

import com.google.caliper.Param;
import com.google.caliper.Runner;
import com.google.caliper.SimpleBenchmark;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.HashMap;

/**
 * Is there a performance reason to "Prefer virtual over interface", as the
 * Android documentation once claimed?
 */
public class VirtualVersusInterfaceBenchmark extends SimpleBenchmark {
    public void timeMapPut(int reps) {
        Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
        for (int i = 0; i < reps; ++i) {
            map.put("hello", "world");
        }
    }
    public void timeHashMapPut(int reps) {
        HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
        for (int i = 0; i < reps; ++i) {
            map.put("hello", "world");
        }
    }
}