Java 8:流与集合的性能
我是 Java 8 的新手。我仍然不深入了解API,但我做了一个小的非正式基准测试,以比较新的Streams API与旧的集合的性能。
该测试包括过滤 列表,并针对每个偶数计算平方根并将其存储在 的结果中。IntegerListDouble
代码如下:
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Calculating square root of even numbers from 1 to N       
        int min = 1;
        int max = 1000000;
        List<Integer> sourceList = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = min; i < max; i++) {
            sourceList.add(i);
        }
        List<Double> result = new LinkedList<>();
        //Collections approach
        long t0 = System.nanoTime();
        long elapsed = 0;
        for (Integer i : sourceList) {
            if(i % 2 == 0){
                result.add(Math.sqrt(i));
            }
        }
        elapsed = System.nanoTime() - t0;       
        System.out.printf("Collections: Elapsed time:\t %d ns \t(%f seconds)%n", elapsed, elapsed / Math.pow(10, 9));
        //Stream approach
        Stream<Integer> stream = sourceList.stream();       
        t0 = System.nanoTime();
        result = stream.filter(i -> i%2 == 0).map(i -> Math.sqrt(i)).collect(Collectors.toList());
        elapsed = System.nanoTime() - t0;       
        System.out.printf("Streams: Elapsed time:\t\t %d ns \t(%f seconds)%n", elapsed, elapsed / Math.pow(10, 9));
        //Parallel stream approach
        stream = sourceList.stream().parallel();        
        t0 = System.nanoTime();
        result = stream.filter(i -> i%2 == 0).map(i -> Math.sqrt(i)).collect(Collectors.toList());
        elapsed = System.nanoTime() - t0;       
        System.out.printf("Parallel streams: Elapsed time:\t %d ns \t(%f seconds)%n", elapsed, elapsed / Math.pow(10, 9));      
    }.
以下是双核计算机的结果:
    Collections: Elapsed time:        94338247 ns   (0,094338 seconds)
    Streams: Elapsed time:           201112924 ns   (0,201113 seconds)
    Parallel streams: Elapsed time:  357243629 ns   (0,357244 seconds)
对于这个特定的测试,流的速度大约是集合的两倍,并行性没有帮助(或者我以错误的方式使用它?)。
问题:
- 这个测试公平吗?我犯了什么错误吗?
 - 流是否比集合慢?有没有人在这方面做了一个很好的正式基准?
 - 我应该努力采用哪种方法?
 
更新的结果。
我在JVM预热(1k迭代)后运行了1000次测试,@pveentjer建议:
    Collections: Average time:      206884437,000000 ns     (0,206884 seconds)
    Streams: Average time:           98366725,000000 ns     (0,098367 seconds)
    Parallel streams: Average time: 167703705,000000 ns     (0,167704 seconds)
在这种情况的性能更高。我想知道在运行时仅调用一次或两次筛选函数的应用程序中会观察到什么。