Re: Java VM 1.6.0 Sorting Collections
petek1976 <pete.karousos@earthlink.net> writes:
I have been having some trouble with the performance of Java. In my
code I have narrowed it down to the sort:
For instance:
import java.util.*;
public class SortTest
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
final int vecSize = 1000000;
ArrayList<Double> vec = new ArrayList<Double>(vecSize);
final int numItr = 10;
ArrayList<Double> times = new ArrayList<Double>(numItr);
for (int i=0; i<numItr; ++i)
{
for (int k=0; k<vecSize; ++k)
{
vec.add(k,Math.random());
}
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
java.util.Collections.sort(vec);
long endTime = System.nanoTime();
times.add(i,(endTime-startTime)*1.e-9);
vec = new ArrayList<Double>(vecSize);
}
double avg=0.0;
for (Double val:times)
{
avg += val;
}
avg /= times.size();
System.out.println("To sort " + vec.size() + " elements " +
numItr + " times took " + avg + " seconds on average");
}
}
This prints about 0.58 seconds on average. How can I optimize this
reasonably? Note I am only timing the sort function. Using an array
instead of ArrayList is not an option. I tried Vector but it didn't
help. The equivalent C++ code (using vector) runs in about 0.37
seconds when built with optimization (g++ version 4.2.1 using -03
optimization ). I am running on a MacBook Pro 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7
with 4 GB of ram. I also tried this example on Linux and saw no
difference. What is causing over 40% difference in speed? I must be
doing something wrong in my java code.
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <algorithm>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <numeric>
using namespace std;
template <class T>
void FillRand(T start, T end)
{
while (start != end)
{
*start++ = double(rand())/RAND_MAX;
}
}
class TimeStamp
{
public:
void start()
{
gettimeofday(&st_val,0);
}
void stop()
{
gettimeofday(&end_val,0);
}
double elapsedSec() const
{
return end_val.tv_sec-st_val.tv_sec +
(end_val.tv_usec-st_val.tv_usec)*1.e-6;
}
private:
timeval st_val;
timeval end_val;
};
int main()
{
vector<double> vec(1000000);
const long num_itr = 10;
vector<double> time_stamps(num_itr);
TimeStamp ts;
for (long i=0; i<num_itr; ++i)
{
FillRand(vec.begin(),vec.end());
ts.start();
std::sort(vec.begin(),vec.end());
ts.stop();
time_stamps[i] = ts.elapsedSec();
}
double avg=std::accumulate(time_stamps.begin(),time_stamps.end(),
0.0)/time_stamps.size();
cout << "To sort " << vec.size() << " elements took " << avg << "
seconds on average\n";
}
Take a look at the source for Collections.sort:
public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> void sort(List<T> list) {
Object[] a = list.toArray();
Arrays.sort(a);
ListIterator<T> i = list.listIterator();
for (int j=0; j<a.length; j++) {
i.next();
i.set((T)a[j]);
}
}
You're copying the list to an array, sorting the array, and then
copying the array back to the list. You might try coding up a simple
quicksort that operates directly on the ArrayList to see what kind of
times that gives you.
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Jim Janney
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