J'ai la même question, mais parce que je n'ai pas trouvé de 'métriques de performance' pour un cas d'utilisation similaire au mien, j'ai fait quelques exemples de code. Sur mon matériel et Java 6 & 7, la différence entre instanceof et switch sur les itérations 10mln est
for 10 child classes - instanceof: 1200ms vs switch: 470ms
for 5 child classes - instanceof: 375ms vs switch: 204ms
Donc, instanceof est vraiment plus lent, surtout sur un grand nombre d'instructions if-else-if, cependant la différence sera négligeable dans l'application réelle.
import java.util.Date;
public class InstanceOfVsEnum {
public static int c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, c6, c7, c8, c9, cA;
public static class Handler {
public enum Type { Type1, Type2, Type3, Type4, Type5, Type6, Type7, Type8, Type9, TypeA }
protected Handler(Type type) { this.type = type; }
public final Type type;
public static void addHandlerInstanceOf(Handler h) {
if( h instanceof H1) { c1++; }
else if( h instanceof H2) { c2++; }
else if( h instanceof H3) { c3++; }
else if( h instanceof H4) { c4++; }
else if( h instanceof H5) { c5++; }
else if( h instanceof H6) { c6++; }
else if( h instanceof H7) { c7++; }
else if( h instanceof H8) { c8++; }
else if( h instanceof H9) { c9++; }
else if( h instanceof HA) { cA++; }
}
public static void addHandlerSwitch(Handler h) {
switch( h.type ) {
case Type1: c1++; break;
case Type2: c2++; break;
case Type3: c3++; break;
case Type4: c4++; break;
case Type5: c5++; break;
case Type6: c6++; break;
case Type7: c7++; break;
case Type8: c8++; break;
case Type9: c9++; break;
case TypeA: cA++; break;
}
}
}
public static class H1 extends Handler { public H1() { super(Type.Type1); } }
public static class H2 extends Handler { public H2() { super(Type.Type2); } }
public static class H3 extends Handler { public H3() { super(Type.Type3); } }
public static class H4 extends Handler { public H4() { super(Type.Type4); } }
public static class H5 extends Handler { public H5() { super(Type.Type5); } }
public static class H6 extends Handler { public H6() { super(Type.Type6); } }
public static class H7 extends Handler { public H7() { super(Type.Type7); } }
public static class H8 extends Handler { public H8() { super(Type.Type8); } }
public static class H9 extends Handler { public H9() { super(Type.Type9); } }
public static class HA extends Handler { public HA() { super(Type.TypeA); } }
final static int cCycles = 10000000;
public static void main(String[] args) {
H1 h1 = new H1();
H2 h2 = new H2();
H3 h3 = new H3();
H4 h4 = new H4();
H5 h5 = new H5();
H6 h6 = new H6();
H7 h7 = new H7();
H8 h8 = new H8();
H9 h9 = new H9();
HA hA = new HA();
Date dtStart = new Date();
for( int i = 0; i < cCycles; i++ ) {
Handler.addHandlerInstanceOf(h1);
Handler.addHandlerInstanceOf(h2);
Handler.addHandlerInstanceOf(h3);
Handler.addHandlerInstanceOf(h4);
Handler.addHandlerInstanceOf(h5);
Handler.addHandlerInstanceOf(h6);
Handler.addHandlerInstanceOf(h7);
Handler.addHandlerInstanceOf(h8);
Handler.addHandlerInstanceOf(h9);
Handler.addHandlerInstanceOf(hA);
}
System.out.println("Instance of - " + (new Date().getTime() - dtStart.getTime()));
dtStart = new Date();
for( int i = 0; i < cCycles; i++ ) {
Handler.addHandlerSwitch(h1);
Handler.addHandlerSwitch(h2);
Handler.addHandlerSwitch(h3);
Handler.addHandlerSwitch(h4);
Handler.addHandlerSwitch(h5);
Handler.addHandlerSwitch(h6);
Handler.addHandlerSwitch(h7);
Handler.addHandlerSwitch(h8);
Handler.addHandlerSwitch(h9);
Handler.addHandlerSwitch(hA);
}
System.out.println("Switch of - " + (new Date().getTime() - dtStart.getTime()));
}
}