[PATCH] Implement a noop clear() for Collections#EMPTY_LIST

[Mohamed Naufal]

Hi Paul,

I've already sent a signed copy of the OCA to oracle-ca_us at oracle.com.

Thanks,
Naufal

On 23 May 2016 at 16:13, Paul Sandoz <paul.sandoz at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi Naufal,
>
> Thanks for looking at this.
>
> For us to accept your patch (no matter how small) you need to become a
> contributor, which requires that you agree to the Oracle Contributor
> Agreement (OCA), see:
>
>   http://openjdk.java.net/contribute/
>
> Thanks,
> Paul.
>
> > On 22 May 2016, at 12:10, Mohamed Naufal <naufal11 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > A call to clear() on Collections#EMPTY_LIST is currently redirected to
> > AbstractList#clear(), which performs a bunch of checks and creates a
> > ListItr object, all of which is unnecessary for an EmptyList.
> >
> > PFA a patch that implements a noop clear() for EmptyList.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Naufal
> > <EmptyList_clear.diff>
>
>