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Bug ID: 6613529
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Synopsis Avoid duplicate object creation within JDK packages
Category java:classes_awt
Reported Against
Release Fixed 7(b27)
State 10-Fix Delivered, request for enhancement
Priority: 3-Medium
Related Bugs
Submit Date 05-OCT-2007
Description
There are some places we use something like:
   new String("xyz")
   new Boolean(value)
   new Integer(value)

all that causes to create duplicate objects. Refer to Effective Java book [Article 4]. There are a lot of such places in Swing and AWT code. Below are only three of them:

src/windows/classes/sun/awt/windows/WInputMethod.java
javax/swing/plaf/metal/MetalLookAndFeel.java:462:  Integer zero = new Integer(0);
com/sun/java/swing/plaf/gtk/GTKStyle.java:854:  value = new Integer(16 + 2 * focusLineWidth);

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE:
Grep for a particular pattern.
Posted Date : 2007-10-05 15:07:59.0
Work Around
N/A
Evaluation
Should avoid resundant object creation when possible.
Posted Date : 2007-10-17 08:36:11.0
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