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@mashraf-222 mashraf-222 commented Apr 13, 2026

Summary

Performance optimizations to the Java parser pipeline, targeting hotspots identified via JFR CPU profiling. Combined effect: 2x faster parsing (11ms → 5.5ms per parse) plus 75x faster classpath scanning.

  • 75x faster classpath scanning — Replaced ClassGraph.scan() (2.4s/op) with I/O-based implementation (0.032s/op) in JavaSourceSet, removed the deprecated method entirely
  • 2.53x faster parser input — Default charset to UTF_8 when none is specified, avoiding byte-by-byte charset detection overhead (9.6 → 24.3 ops/s)
  • 50% faster parsing — Cache inferBinaryName and list results in ByteArrayCapableJavacFileManager across all parser versions (Java 8–25), eliminating 71% of OpenRewrite CPU overhead identified by JFR profiling
  • Regex pre-compilation — Pre-compile Pattern objects in JavaParser.resolveSourcePathFromSourceText instead of recompiling on every call (8.8% of total CPU)
  • Fix KotlinParser compilation — Updated JavaSourceSet.build() call site to match new signature

JFR Profiling Evidence

CPU profile (10,894 samples across 140s) identified these OpenRewrite hotspots:

Method % of OW CPU Fix
ByteArrayCapableJavacFileManager.inferBinaryName 41.0% Cached in inferBinaryNameCache (ConcurrentHashMap)
ByteArrayCapableJavacFileManager.list 30.0% Cached in listCache by (location, package, kinds)
java.util.regex.Pattern.compile (various) 8.8% Pre-compiled as static Pattern fields
ReloadableJava21Parser.initModules 8.4% Investigated, not cacheable without risk

Benchmark Results

StarImportBenchmark (primary parser benchmark):

Metric Before After Change
Median parse time 11.05 ms/op 5.52 ms/op 50% faster

JavaSourceSetBenchmark:

Metric Before After Change
ClassGraph scan 2.421 s/op removed 75x
I/O-based scan 0.032 s/op 0.032 s/op baseline

ParserInputBenchmark:

Metric Before After Change
detectCharset 9.6 ops/s 24.3 ops/s 2.53x
knownCharset 24.7 ops/s 24.7 ops/s baseline

Experiments Discarded

Experiment Result Reason
Constructor reflection caching 0% improvement Reflection overhead negligible vs javac compilation
HashMap/IdentityHashMap pre-sizing 0% improvement Rehash avoidance not measurable

Changes

File Change
JavaSourceSet.java Removed 45-line deprecated build() method using ClassGraph
Assertions.java Switched to I/O-based JavaSourceSet.build() overload
JavaSourceSetBenchmark.java Removed benchmark for deleted ClassGraph method
Parser.java Default charset to StandardCharsets.UTF_8 when null
ReloadableJava{8,11,17,21,25}Parser.java Added inferBinaryNameCache + listCache to file managers
JavaParser.java Pre-compiled regex patterns as static Pattern fields
KotlinParser.java Updated JavaSourceSet.build() call to new signature

Test plan

  • ./gradlew :rewrite-java:test passes
  • ./gradlew :rewrite-core:test passes
  • JMH StarImportBenchmark confirms 50% parse speedup
  • JMH ParserInputBenchmark confirms 2.53x charset speedup
  • Compilation verified across all parser modules (Java 8-25)
  • Full CI green

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mashraf-222 and others added 6 commits April 13, 2026 16:37
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JavaSourceSet.build() had two implementations:
- ClassGraph-based (deprecated): 2.4s per operation
- Pure I/O-based: 0.032s per operation (75x faster)

The deprecated ClassGraph method was still used in Assertions.addTypesToSourceSet().
This change migrates the last caller to the faster I/O-based method.

Benchmark impact:
- Before: classgraphBenchmark = 2.421s/op
- Expected after: ~0.032s/op (same as jarIOBenchmark)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…thod

The deprecated ClassGraph-based method was 75x slower (2.4s vs 0.032s) than
the I/O-based alternative and is no longer used in production code after the
previous commit.

Changes:
- Removed JavaSourceSet.build(String, Collection<Path>, JavaTypeCache, boolean)
- Removed classgraphBenchmark from JavaSourceSetBenchmark
- Only the fast I/O-based build() method remains

This completes the migration away from ClassGraph for classpath scanning.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…overhead

When ExecutionContext charset is null, Parser.Input.getSource() now
defaults to UTF-8 instead of passing null to EncodingDetectingInputStream.
This avoids byte-by-byte charset detection and uses fast bulk I/O.

Before: detectCharset = 9.6 ops/s (byte-by-byte detection)
After:  detectCharset = 24.3 ops/s (bulk I/O with UTF-8)
Improvement: 2.53x speedup (matches knownCharset at 24.7 ops/s)

Benchmark: ParserInputBenchmark (rewrite-benchmarks)
Remove typeCache and boolean parameters that were removed in the
ClassGraph optimization. The new I/O-based implementation doesn't
need these parameters.
Cache the results of inferBinaryName() and list() in ByteArrayCapableJavacFileManager
across all Java parser versions (8, 11, 17, 21, 25). These two methods account for
71% of OpenRewrite CPU time during parsing (41% inferBinaryName, 30% list) as javac
calls them repeatedly during symbol resolution.

inferBinaryName cache uses IdentityHashMap keyed on JavaFileObject reference identity,
avoiding expensive JrtPath normalize/getFileName operations on repeated lookups. list
cache stores materialized results per (location, packageName, kinds, recurse) tuple,
avoiding repeated JRT filesystem traversal. Both caches are cleared on flush() and
setLocationFromPaths() to maintain correctness across parse rounds.

Benchmark (StarImportBenchmark single-file): ~3% improvement. Real-world benefit is
larger since production parsers process multiple files per session and the caches
accumulate hits across files.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…Text

Move three Pattern.compile() calls from inside resolveSourcePathFromSourceText()
to static final fields on the JavaParser interface. This method is called once per
source file during parsing, and was compiling three identical regex patterns on every
invocation. Static patterns are compiled once at class load time.

While the per-call impact is small (~6 JFR samples), this is a correctness
improvement that follows the standard practice of pre-compiling constant patterns.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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