RFR: 8316681: Rewrite URLEncoder.encode to use small reusable buffers [v6]

[Daniel Fuchs]

On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:53:07 GMT, Claes Redestad <redestad at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> `URLEncoder` currently appends chars that needs encoding into a `java.io.CharArrayWriter`, converts that to a `String`, uses `String::getBytes` to get the encoded bytes and then appends these bytes in a escaped manner to the output stream. This is somewhat inefficient.
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>> This PR replaces the `CharArrayWriter` with a reusable `CharBuffer` + `ByteBuffer` pair. This allows us to encode to the output `StringBuilder` in small chunks, with greatly reduced allocation as a result.
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>> The exact size of the buffers is an open question, but generally it seems that a tiny buffer wins by virtue of allocating less, and that the per chunk overheads are relatively small.
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> Claes Redestad has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Update src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/URLEncoder.java
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>   Co-authored-by: ExE Boss <3889017+ExE-Boss at users.noreply.github.com>

Marked as reviewed by dfuchs (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15865#pullrequestreview-1639545637