Java for loop performance question

Question

considering this example:

public static void main(final String[] args) {
    final List myList = Arrays.asList(\"A\", \"B\", \"C\", \"D\");
            


        

Answer 1

The difference is one method call less for each iteration, so the second version should run slightly faster. Although if you use Just-In-Time compiler, he may optimize that - figuring out that it doesn't change during the loop. Standard Java implementation features JIT, but not every Java implementation does.