JDK 1.8(Java 8)里新增String.join()方法用于字符串连接。本文基于《Java实现String.join()和效率比较》一文，分析和比较四种自定义实现与String.join()方法的效率，并纠正原文的一些错误。
代码示例如下：
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String[] strOri = {"a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h"}; //同new string[]{"a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h"}
String strRes = ""; int loops = 100000;
Date date = new Date();
for(int i = 0; i < loops; i++) {strRes = join1(strOri, ":");} date = recordTime(date, 1); //
for(int i = 0; i < loops; i++) {strRes = join2(strOri, ":");} date = recordTime(date, 2);
for(int i = 0; i < loops; i++) {strRes = join3(strOri, ":");} date = recordTime(date, 3);
for(int i = 0; i < loops; i++) {strRes = join4(strOri, ":");} date = recordTime(date, 4);
for(int i = 0; i < loops; i++) {strRes = join5(strOri, ":");} date = recordTime(date, 5);
long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); //
for(int i = 0; i < loops; i++) {strRes = join5(strOri, ":");}
long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); System.out.println("5c:{" + strRes + "} costs " + (endTime-startTime) + "ms");
startTime = System.nanoTime();
for(int i = 0; i < loops; i++) {strRes = join5(strOri, ":");}
endTime = System.nanoTime(); System.out.println("5n:{" + strRes + "} costs " + (endTime-startTime) + "ns");
}
private static void recordTime_Wrong(Date date, int no) {
System.out.println(no + ": costs " + (new Date().getTime()-date.getTime()) + "ms");
date = new Date();
}
private static Date recordTime(Date date, int no) {
System.out.println(no + ": costs " + (new Date().getTime()-date.getTime()) + "ms");
return new Date();
}
private static String join1(String[] strOri, String delimiter) {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); //
for(String s : strOri) {
sb.append(s+delimiter); //
}
return sb.toString().substring(0, sb.toString().length()-1);
}
private static String join2(String[] strOri, String delimiter) {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for(String s : strOri) {
sb.append(s+delimiter);
}
String s = sb.toString();
return s.substring(0, s.length()-1);
}
private static String join3(String[] strOri, String delimiter) {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for(int i = 0; i < strOri.length; i++) {
if (i != strOri.length-1) {
sb.append(strOri[i]+delimiter);
} else {
sb.append(strOri[i]);
}
}
return sb.toString();
}
private static String join4(String[] strOri, String delimiter) {
StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < strOri.length-1; i++) {
stringBuilder.append(strOri[i]).append(delimiter);
}
stringBuilder.append(strOri[strOri.length-1]);
return stringBuilder.toString();
}
private static String join5(String[] strOri, String delimiter) {
return String.join(delimiter, strOri); //
}
}
选取三次运行输出结果如下：
1: costs 930ms
2: costs 902ms
3: costs 637ms
4: costs 230ms
5: costs 364ms
5c:{a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h} costs 413ms
5n:{a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h} costs 286466296ns
1: costs 834ms
2: costs 788ms
3: costs 576ms
4: costs 248ms
5: costs 350ms
5c:{a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h} costs 384ms
5n:{a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h} costs 283256112ns
1: costs 774ms
2: costs 728ms
3: costs 605ms
4: costs 297ms
5: costs 417ms
5c:{a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h} costs 280ms
5n:{a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h} costs 279838638ns
可见，join4()执行最快，其次是join5()。join1()和join2()执行效率接近，前者调用两次toString()，故效率略低。
总结如下：
1. 原文recordTime(即本文recordTime_Wrong)方法中，无法通过"date = new Date()"修改外部的date引用(根因详见《java中的传值与传引用》)。这会导致每次调用recordTime()时，起始时间始终是"Date date = new Date()"获得的对象(表现为join*耗时递增)。
2. 查看Java源码可知，new Date()其实就是调用System.currentTimeMillis()：
public Date() {
this(System.currentTimeMillis()); //相当于Date(System.currentTimeMillis())
}
可以使用new Date().getTime()获取当前时间戳(毫秒)。注意，该毫秒数一般以1970-01-01 00:00:00为参考点，但东八区要加上时区，即以1970-01-01 08:00:00为参考时间。此外，通过getTime()获取毫秒数效率不如System.currentTimeMillis()，后者返回自1970年1月1日0时起的毫秒数。
System.nanoTime()的计时精度不保证一定高于System.currentTimeMillis()，但可保证数值递增(后者相减时可能产生负值)。
若要对代码进行更准确的计时，可参考《How do I write a correct micro-benchmark in Java?》一文。
3. StringBuffer对象是线程安全的，其方法都是同步的(synchronized)。临时变量应使用StringBuilder(效率更高)，避用StringBuffer。
4. 在循环内部，不要使用append(a+b)的形式，而应改为append(a).append(b)。
5. String.join()内部使用StringBuilder实现，因此join5()性能接近join4()。当然，String.join()的功能比join4()更多。