If AbstractStringBuilder only grow, the inflated value which is encoded in UTF16 can't be compressed. toString() can skip compression in this case. This can save an ArrayAllocation in StringUTF16::compress.
java.io.BufferedRead::readLine() is a case that StringBuilder grows only. ------------- Commit messages: - Add a microbenchmark. - 8282429: StringBuilder/StringBuffer.toString() skip compressing for UTF16 strings Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7671/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=7671&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8282429 Stats: 44 lines in 5 files changed: 37 ins; 3 del; 4 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7671.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/7671/head:pull/7671 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7671