This PR outlines a solution for making immutable maps `@ValueBased` by removing cacheing of certain values in `AbstractMap`.
By removing these caching fields in `AbstractMap`, we can make the immutable maps `@ValueBased` and at the same time, performance is likely improved because the JVM is probably able to optimize away object creation anyway via escape analysis. Also, all maps will occupy less space as we get rid of a number of objects and references stored for each map. We need to benchmark this solution to better understand its implications. ------------- Commit messages: - Merge pull request #4 from cl4es/HashMapViews - Add simple HashMapViews microbenchmark - Remove caching in AbstractMap and make immutable maps @ValueBased Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15614/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=15614&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8316493 Stats: 276 lines in 9 files changed: 92 ins; 107 del; 77 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15614.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/15614/head:pull/15614 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15614
