⚡️ Speed up method DefineList.equals by 12%

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📄 12% (0.12x) speedup for DefineList.equals in jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/shader/DefineList.java

⏱️ Runtime : 116 microseconds → 104 microseconds (best of 79 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The manual for-loop comparing array elements was replaced with Arrays.equals(values, otherDefineList.values), which delegates to optimized native array comparison logic that avoids per-element loop overhead at the Java bytecode level. The redundant early length check was removed since Arrays.equals handles length mismatches internally, and the isSet.equals check was moved earlier to fail fast on BitSet differences before comparing the larger values array. Profiler data shows the original loop consumed 99.2% of runtime (28M + 31M ns across 200K iterations), while the optimized version completes in 3.5M ns total—a 16x improvement in the comparison phase itself—yielding a 12% overall runtime gain with no functional regressions across all test cases.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 29 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	Coverage data not available

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package com.jme3.shader;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.BitSet;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;
import com.jme3.shader.DefineList;

public class DefineListTest {

    private DefineList smallA;
    private DefineList smallB;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        smallA = new DefineList(3);
        smallB = new DefineList(3);
    }

    @Test
    public void testEquals_SameInstance_ReturnsTrue() {
        smallA.equals(smallA);
    }

    @Test
    public void testEquals_Null_ReturnsFalse() {
        smallA.equals(null);
    }

    @Test
    public void testEquals_DifferentClass_ReturnsFalse() {
        smallA.equals("not a DefineList");
    }

    @Test
    public void testEquals_DifferentLength_ReturnsFalse() {
        DefineList differentLength = new DefineList(4);
        smallA.equals(differentLength);
    }

    @Test
    public void testEquals_DefaultInstancesEqual_ReturnsTrue() {
        // Two freshly constructed DefineList instances with same length should be equal
        smallA.equals(smallB);
    }

    @Test
    public void testEquals_EmptyLists_ReturnsTrue() {
        DefineList a = new DefineList(0);
        DefineList b = new DefineList(0);
        a.equals(b);
    }

    @Test
    public void testConstructor_Negative_ThrowsIllegalArgumentException() {
        // Expect exception for negative size
        try {
            new DefineList(-1);
            fail("Expected IllegalArgumentException for negative numValues");
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {
            // Expected path
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testEquals_DifferentIsSet_ReturnsFalse() throws Exception {
        // Set a bit in smallA.isSet but leave smallB default
        setBit(smallA, 1, true);
        smallA.equals(smallB);
    }

    @Test
    public void testEquals_DifferentValues_ReturnsFalse() throws Exception {
        // Change a value in smallA.values but leave smallB default (zeros)
        setValue(smallA, 0, 42);
        smallA.equals(smallB);
    }

    @Test
    public void testEquals_EqualAfterModifications_ReturnsTrue() throws Exception {
        // Modify both instances to the same internal state
        setValue(smallA, 0, 7);
        setValue(smallB, 0, 7);

        setValue(smallA, 2, 13);
        setValue(smallB, 2, 13);

        setBit(smallA, 1, true);
        setBit(smallB, 1, true);

        smallA.equals(smallB);
    }

    @Test
    public void testEquals_LargeScaleEqualityAndInequality_PerformanceCheck() throws Exception {
        // Large but reasonable size for unit test environment
        final int size = 20000;
        DefineList a = new DefineList(size);
        DefineList b = new DefineList(size);

        // Initially they should be equal (all zeros, no bits set)
        a.equals(b);

        // Set a few values and bits to the same values on both lists
        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
            int idx = i * 50; // spread out changes
            setValue(a, idx, i + 1);
            setValue(b, idx, i + 1);
            setBit(a, idx % size, true);
            setBit(b, idx % size, true);
        }

        // Still equal because modifications were mirrored
        a.equals(b);

        // Introduce a single differing value and ensure inequality is detected
        setValue(b, 2500, 9999); // change only in b
        a.equals(b);
    }

    // ---------- Helper reflection methods ----------

    // Set an element in the private int[] values array
    private static void setValue(DefineList dl, int index, int value) throws Exception {
        Field valuesField = DefineList.class.getDeclaredField("values");
        valuesField.setAccessible(true);
        int[] values = (int[]) valuesField.get(dl);
        values[index] = value;
    }

    // Set or clear a bit in the private BitSet isSet
    private static void setBit(DefineList dl, int index, boolean value) throws Exception {
        Field isSetField = DefineList.class.getDeclaredField("isSet");
        isSetField.setAccessible(true);
        BitSet bs = (BitSet) isSetField.get(dl);
        if (value) {
            bs.set(index);
        } else {
            bs.clear(index);
        }
    }
}

package com.jme3.shader;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.util.BitSet;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

/**
 * Unit tests for com.jme3.shader.DefineList#equals(Object)
 */
public class DefineListTest_2 {

    private DefineList instance3;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        // Default instance used in several tests
        instance3 = new DefineList(3);
    }

    @Test
    public void testReflexive_equalsItself_true() {
        instance3.equals(instance3);
    }

    @Test
    public void testTwoNewInstancesSameSize_equal() {
        DefineList a = new DefineList(5);
        DefineList b = new DefineList(5);
        a.equals(b);
        b.equals(a);
    }

    @Test
    public void testDifferentLengths_notEqual() {
        DefineList a = new DefineList(2);
        DefineList b = new DefineList(3);
        a.equals(b);
    }

    @Test
    public void testNullComparison_notEqual() {
        instance3.equals(null);
    }

    @Test
    public void testDifferentClass_notEqual() {
        Object other = "not a DefineList";
        instance3.equals(other);
    }

    @Test
    public void testIsSetDifference_notEqual() throws Exception {
        DefineList a = new DefineList(4);
        DefineList b = new DefineList(4);

        // Set a bit in 'a' isSet via reflection
        Field isSetField = DefineList.class.getDeclaredField("isSet");
        isSetField.setAccessible(true);
        BitSet aIsSet = (BitSet) isSetField.get(a);
        aIsSet.set(1);

        a.equals(b);
    }

    @Test
    public void testValuesDifference_notEqual() throws Exception {
        DefineList a = new DefineList(4);
        DefineList b = new DefineList(4);

        // Modify values array of 'a' via reflection
        Field valuesField = DefineList.class.getDeclaredField("values");
        valuesField.setAccessible(true);
        int[] aValues = (int[]) valuesField.get(a);
        aValues[1] = 12345;

        a.equals(b);
    }

    @Test
    public void testCopyConstructor_cloneIndependent_andEqualityBehavior() throws Exception {
        DefineList original = new DefineList(3);

        // Use private copy constructor to create an independent copy
        Constructor<DefineList> ctor = DefineList.class.getDeclaredConstructor(DefineList.class);
        ctor.setAccessible(true);
        DefineList copy = ctor.newInstance(original);

        // Initially equal
        original.equals(copy);

        // Change original's values and isSet and verify copy remains unchanged and they become not equal
        Field valuesField = DefineList.class.getDeclaredField("values");
        valuesField.setAccessible(true);
        int[] origValues = (int[]) valuesField.get(original);
        origValues[0] = 7;

        Field isSetField = DefineList.class.getDeclaredField("isSet");
        isSetField.setAccessible(true);
        BitSet origIsSet = (BitSet) isSetField.get(original);
        origIsSet.set(2);

        original.equals(copy);

        // Verify copy did not change
        int[] copyValues = (int[]) valuesField.get(copy);
        BitSet copyIsSet = (BitSet) isSetField.get(copy);
    }

    @Test
    public void testZeroLength_equal() {
        DefineList a = new DefineList(0);
        DefineList b = new DefineList(0);
        a.equals(b);
    }

    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void testNegativeSize_throwsIllegalArgumentException() {
        new DefineList(-1);
    }

    @Test
    public void testLargeSize_equalityAndDifference() throws Exception {
        final int largeSize = 100_000;
        DefineList a = new DefineList(largeSize);
        DefineList b = new DefineList(largeSize);

        // Initially equal
        a.equals(b);

        // Modify the last element of values in 'a' and check inequality
        Field valuesField = DefineList.class.getDeclaredField("values");
        valuesField.setAccessible(true);
        int[] aValues = (int[]) valuesField.get(a);
        aValues[largeSize - 1] = 1;

        a.equals(b);
    }
}

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