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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package org.openjdk.bench.java.lang;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.Blackhole;
+
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+@BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+@State(Scope.Thread)
+public class StringOther {
+
+    private String testString;
+    private Random rnd;
+
+    private String str1, str2, str3, str4;
+
+    @Setup
+    public void setup() {
+        testString = "Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.";
+        str1 = "vm-guld vm-guld vm-guld";
+        str2 = "vm-guld vm-guld vm-guldx";
+        str3 = "vm-guld vm-guld vm-guldx";
+        str4 = "adadaskasdjierudks";
+        rnd = new Random();
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void charAt(Blackhole bh) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < testString.length(); i++) {
+            bh.consume(testString.charAt(i));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public int compareTo() {
+        int total = 0;
+        total += str1.compareTo(str2);
+        total += str2.compareTo(str3);
+        total += str3.compareTo(str4);
+        return total;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates (hopefully) unique Strings and internizes them, creating a zillion forgettable strings in the JVMs string
+     * pool.
+     * <p/>
+     * This will test 1.) The data structure/whatever for getting and adding Strings to intern table. 2.) The
+     * intern-caches (java) behaviour on negative lookup (the string is new) 3.) GC's handling of weak handles. Since
+     * every gc we must process and pretty much kill a zillion interned strings that are now not referenced anymore, the
+     * majority of GC time will be spent in handle processing. So we get a picture of how well the pathological case of
+     * this goes.
+     */
+    @Benchmark
+    public String internUnique() {
+        return String.valueOf(rnd.nextInt()).intern();
+    }
+
+}