Reduce empty array allocations

5 files changed, 9 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/FieldOrMethod.java b/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/FieldOrMethod.java
index 67f70e1b4..59e4d2b37 100644
--- a/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/FieldOrMethod.java
+++ b/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/FieldOrMethod.java
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public abstract class FieldOrMethod extends Modifiers implements Node {
 			if (accumulatedAnnotations.size() == 0) {
 				annotations = AnnotationGen.NO_ANNOTATIONS;
 			} else {
-				annotations = accumulatedAnnotations.toArray(new AnnotationGen[] {});
+				annotations = accumulatedAnnotations.toArray(AnnotationGen.NO_ANNOTATIONS);
 			}
 		}
 		return annotations;
diff --git a/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/JavaClass.java b/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/JavaClass.java
index 0be2b8ae5..5d2ec65e5 100644
--- a/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/JavaClass.java
+++ b/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/JavaClass.java
@@ -88,10 +88,7 @@ import org.aspectj.apache.bcel.util.SyntheticRepository;
 public class JavaClass extends Modifiers implements Cloneable, Node {
 
 	private static final String[] NoInterfaceNames = new String[0];
-	private static final Field[] NoFields = new Field[0];
-	private static final Method[] NoMethod = new Method[0];
 	private static final int[] NoInterfaceIndices = new int[0];
-	private static final Attribute[] NoAttributes = new Attribute[0];
 
 	private String fileName;
 	private String packageName;
@@ -141,9 +138,9 @@ public class JavaClass extends Modifiers implements Cloneable, Node {
 		this.modifiers = access_flags;
 		this.cpool = cpool;
 		this.interfaces = interfaces;
-		this.fields = (fields == null ? NoFields : fields);
-		this.methods = (methods == null ? NoMethod : methods);
-		this.attributes = (attributes == null ? NoAttributes : attributes);
+		this.fields = (fields == null ? Field.NoFields : fields);
+		this.methods = (methods == null ? Method.NoMethods : methods);
+		this.attributes = (attributes == null ? Attribute.NoAttributes : attributes);
 		annotationsOutOfDate = true;
 
 		// Get source file name if available
@@ -294,7 +291,7 @@ public class JavaClass extends Modifiers implements Cloneable, Node {
 					accumulatedAnnotations.addAll(runtimeAnnotations.getAnnotations());
 				}
 			}
-			annotations = accumulatedAnnotations.toArray(new AnnotationGen[] {});
+			annotations = accumulatedAnnotations.toArray(AnnotationGen.NO_ANNOTATIONS);
 			annotationsOutOfDate = false;
 		}
 		return annotations;
diff --git a/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/Method.java b/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/Method.java
index 316eaa4c9..8f9003744 100644
--- a/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/Method.java
+++ b/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/Method.java
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ public final class Method extends FieldOrMethod {
 			AnnotationGen[] invisibleOnes = null;
 			for (int i = 0; i < parameterCount; i++) {
 				int count = 0;
-				visibleOnes = new AnnotationGen[0];
-				invisibleOnes = new AnnotationGen[0];
+				visibleOnes = AnnotationGen.NO_ANNOTATIONS;
+				invisibleOnes = AnnotationGen.NO_ANNOTATIONS;
 				if (parameterAnnotationsVis != null) {
 					visibleOnes = parameterAnnotationsVis.getAnnotationsOnParameter(i);
 					count += visibleOnes.length;
diff --git a/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/Utility.java b/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/Utility.java
index 921570515..6ac083bce 100644
--- a/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/Utility.java
+++ b/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/classfile/Utility.java
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ public abstract class Utility {
 				newAttributes.add(new RuntimeInvisParamAnnos(riaIndex, riaData.length, riaData, cp));
 			}
 
-			return newAttributes.toArray(new Attribute[] {});
+			return newAttributes.toArray(Attribute.NoAttributes);
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			System.err.println("IOException whilst processing parameter annotations");
 			e.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/generic/ClassGen.java b/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/generic/ClassGen.java
index fc8112858..ce4eb98ea 100644
--- a/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/generic/ClassGen.java
+++ b/bcel-builder/src/main/java/org/aspectj/apache/bcel/generic/ClassGen.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public class ClassGen extends Modifiers implements Cloneable {
 		ConstantPool cp = this.cpool.getFinalConstantPool();
 
 		return new JavaClass(classnameIndex, superclassnameIndex, filename, major, minor, modifiers, cp, interfaces, fields,
-				methods, attributes.toArray(new Attribute[0]));// OPTIMIZE avoid toArray()?
+				methods, attributes.toArray(Attribute.NoAttributes));// OPTIMIZE avoid toArray()?
 	}
 
 	public void addInterface(String name) {