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Asked: 2026-05-15T10:53:34+00:00

I’m new to Java programming. I am curious about speed of execution and also

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I’m new to Java programming.
I am curious about speed of execution and also speed of creation and distruction of objects.
I’ve got several methods like the following:

private static void getAbsoluteThrottleB() {
    int A = Integer.parseInt(Status.LineToken.nextToken());
    Status.AbsoluteThrottleB=A*100/255;
    Log.level1("Absolute Throttle Position B: " + Status.AbsoluteThrottleB);
}

and

   private static void getWBO2S8Volts() {
        int A = Integer.parseInt(Status.LineToken.nextToken());
        int B = Integer.parseInt(Status.LineToken.nextToken());
        int C = Integer.parseInt(Status.LineToken.nextToken());
        int D = Integer.parseInt(Status.LineToken.nextToken());
        Status.WBO2S8Volts=((A*256)+B)/32768;
        Status.WBO2S8VoltsEquivalenceRatio=((C*256)+D)/256 - 128;

        Log.level1("WideBand Sensor 8 Voltage: " + Double.toString(Status.WBO2S8Volts));
        Log.level1("WideBand Sensor 8 Volt EQR:" + Double.toString(Status.WBO2S8VoltsEquivalenceRatio));

Would it be wise to create a separate method to process the data since it is repetative? Or would it just be faster to execute it as a single method? I have several of these which would need to be rewritten and I am wondering if it would actually improve speed of execution or if it is just as good, or if there is a number of instructions where it becomes a good idea to create a new method.

Basically, what is faster or when does it become faster to use a single method to process objects versus using another method to process several like objects?

It seems like at runtime, pulling a new variable, then performing a math operation on it is quicker then creating a new method and then pulling a varible then performing a math operation on it. My question is really where the speed is at..

These methods are all called only to read data and set a Status.Variable. There are nearly 200 methods in my class which generate data.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The speed difference of invoking a piece of code inside a method or outside of it is negligible. Specially compared with using the right algorithm for the task.

    I would recommend you to use the method anyway, not for performance but for maintainability. If you need to change one line of code which turn out to introduce a bug or something and you have this code segment copy/pasted in 50 different places, it would be much harder to change ( and spot ) than having it in one single place.

    So, don’t worry about the performance penalty introduced by using methods because, it is practically nothing( even better, the VM may inline some of the calls )

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