On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:02:59 GMT, Liam Miller-Cushon <[email protected]> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/String.java line 2127:
>>
>>> 2125: * <p>The result will be the same value as {@link
>>> #getBytes(Charset) getBytes(cs).length}.
>>> 2126: *
>>> 2127: * @implNote This method may allocate memory to compute the
>>> length for some charsets.
>>
>> Would it help if we describe the benefit of this method? Ie, for some
>> charsets it won't allocate memory thus faster than getBytes(Charset)?
>
> I think that makes sense, I'm not sure what the best way to characterize it
> is. Probably we don't want to promise specific optimizations. What do you
> think about:
>
>
> * <p>The result will be the same value as {@link #getBytes(Charset)
> getBytes(cs).length},
> * and will have equivalent or better performance.
I think this won't be a normative spec, so I'd move the performance description
to `@apiNote`
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28454#discussion_r2695837680
