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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughTestNG 7.13.0 adds descriptor-based lazy resolution and interning for reflective members. ChangesReflective member retention
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ConstructorOrMethod->>ExecutableCache: resolve declaring class and member key
ExecutableCache->>MemberKey: resolve member
MemberKey->>Reflection: find method or constructor
Reflection-->>MemberKey: return executable
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77-84: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winInstall the shared reference atomically.
Two threads can pass the check at line 78 together and both call
put. Each caller then keeps a different handle for the same member, so the single-instance property thatExecutableCacheTestasserts is lost for those callers.computecloses the window and keeps the method lock-free for the common hit path.♻️ Proposed atomic installation
- ConcurrentMap<MemberKey, Reference<Executable>> drawer = cache.get(declaringClass); - Reference<Executable> existing = drawer.get(key); - if (existing != null && existing.get() != null) { - return existing; - } - Reference<Executable> ref = referenceFactory.apply(handle.get()); - // Last writer wins; a benign race only ever produces two equal handles for the same member. - drawer.put(key, ref); - return ref; + ConcurrentMap<MemberKey, Reference<Executable>> drawer = cache.get(declaringClass); + Reference<Executable> existing = drawer.get(key); + if (existing != null && existing.get() != null) { + return existing; + } + return drawer.compute( + key, + (k, current) -> + current != null && current.get() != null + ? current + : referenceFactory.apply(handle.get()));🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@testng-core-api/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/ConstructorOrMethod.java`:
- Around line 66-79: Update ConstructorOrMethod.resolve() so that any Executable
rebuilt after the soft reference is reclaimed has accessibility reapplied before
being returned. Preserve the existing shared-cache behavior and ensure
non-public FactoryMethod handles remain invocable; use the descriptor’s existing
accessibility state rather than changing regular test-method or
default-constructor paths.
In `@testng-core-api/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/ExecutableCache.java`:
- Around line 74-85: The cache currently returns a Reference whose referent may
be cleared before callers use it. In ExecutableCache, update share, intern, and
resolve to return Executable, retain the resolved handle in a local variable
while installing the Reference, and return that live handle. In
ConstructorOrMethod.java lines 76-78, use the cache method that stores the
reference and returns the handle, then return the handle directly instead of
dereferencing shared.
In `@testng-core-api/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/MemberKey.java`:
- Around line 46-60: Update MemberKey.resolve to match methods by name,
parameterTypes, and returnType, rather than relying solely on getDeclaredMethod.
Ensure bridge and covariant candidates resolve to the method matching the
MemberKey descriptor, and fail when no candidate has the required return type
instead of falling back to a mismatch.
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In `@testng-core-api/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/ExecutableCache.java`:
- Around line 77-84: Update the reference installation logic in ExecutableCache
to use an atomic drawer.compute operation, preserving an existing live Reference
and creating referenceFactory.apply(handle.get()) only when absent or cleared.
Return the shared computed Reference so concurrent callers receive the same
handle, while keeping the existing fast hit path lock-free.
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Since this PR is primarily motivated by performance/memory usage, could we add some measurements showing the actual improvement?
For example, a benchmark or heap comparison with a large suite / many factory instances would help quantify how much memory is saved.
The implementation adds quite a bit of lifecycle complexity (MemberKey, cache, soft references, reflective reconstruction, accessibility replay), so I think we should make sure the measured gain is significant enough to justify it.
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you could be able to remove these 2 constructors as Method and Constructor are Executable
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Not sure about the name. Do you have some other options?
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Maybe it could be abstract with a Constructor and Method dedicated implementation, and a factory method using the appropriate class depending on the type
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ClassCastException technically possible later as e may be something else than a Method/Constructor
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This is not possible because Executable has only 2 children viz., Method and Constructor.
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Yes, it is not possible yet, but it could be in the future.
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@juherr Good call on asking for numbers. I built a small standalone project to measure exactly this: https://github.com/krmahadevan/testng-factory-memory-demo — a factory suite for footprint plus a pressure test, run against 7.12 vs this branch on JDK 11 and 17. Short version of what it found:
So what this PR really buys us isn't raw megabytes saved — it's making the reflective-handle memory elastic instead of pinned: under pressure it can be reclaimed, so large suites spend less time in GC and are less likely to run out of memory, at zero cost when the feature is off. Full tables and the exact commands are in the README. |
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In `@testng-core-api/src/main/java/org/testng/internal/ExecutableCache.java`:
- Around line 119-136: Synchronize both Entry methods reviveWith() and resolve()
using the same Entry monitor so reclaimed handles cannot be rebuilt
concurrently; retain the existing live-handle fast path and ensure concurrent
resolve() callers receive the same rebuilt Executable. Add a concurrency test
covering a reclaimed entry and asserting both callers receive identical
instances, then run the build.
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In `@testng-core/src/test/java/org/testng/internal/ExecutableCacheTest.java`:
- Around line 115-120: Replace the timing-based awaitCleared loop in
ExecutableCacheTest with deterministic reclamation: retain the injected
WeakReference, invoke clear(), and assert entry.isLive() is false before
exercising rebuild behavior. Update both reclamation tests to use this helper or
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The feature is great, just need to polish the design.
You can use the Claude command "/simplify" and/or "/code-review ultra --fix". It is often a good help.
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I took a deeper look at the design and test coverage. Overall, I like the goal of reducing duplicated reflection objects, and The main points I think are worth checking before merge are:
My current feeling is therefore: the direction is interesting, but I would prefer to validate these semantic and memory assumptions before considering the design optimal. — Drafted by ChatGPT under my supervision. Please verify each point independently before acting on it. |
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Thanks @juherr — this was genuinely useful, and it changed the PR for the better. I built a small benchmark project to test your points (the last one especially), and the measurements led me to simplify the PR to exactly the design you suggested: a plain strong-reference Point by point: 1. Accessibility semantics. Two separate concerns, both addressed:
2. ClassLoader retention. You're right, and I've dropped that claim. 3. MemberKey immutability. Fixed by removing the exposure entirely. 4. 5. Contract tests. The simplification made a few of your suggested tests moot; I added the ones that still apply:
6. Measurements before accepting the complexity. This was the decisive one, and you were right. I built a benchmark and measured strong vs soft head to head:
So I removed the soft-reference machinery and shipped the simpler strong cache — the design you proposed. The full benchmark, including how each number was captured, is here: testng-factory-memory-demo (measured on JDK 11 and 17, Temurin). |
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Overall, I think the current approach is much better than the initial SoftReference/lazy-resolution design. ClassValue is a reasonable primitive for this kind of cache, and the bridge/covariant-return case is correctly handled.
My remaining concerns are mostly about proving that the optimization has the intended semantics and memory characteristics.
1. Verify the AccessibleObject semantics
Method and Constructor are mutable through AccessibleObject.
With interning, two equivalent reflection objects can now be replaced by the same canonical instance:
Method first = clazz.getDeclaredMethod("foo");
Method second = clazz.getDeclaredMethod("foo");
second.setAccessible(true);
ConstructorOrMethod com = new ConstructorOrMethod(second);com.getMethod() may now return first, not second.
I am not saying this is necessarily a bug, but it changes an observable property and could potentially lose or unexpectedly share accessibility state.
I would add tests explicitly covering:
- one equivalent
Methodbeing made accessible before interning; - accessibility being changed after an instance has already been interned;
- the same cases for
Constructor; - multiple
ConstructorOrMethodinstances sharing the canonical executable.
The tests should define what behavior we actually expect instead of assuming that interning is transparent.
2. Measure retained memory after the TestNG run
The benchmark showing a large reduction in duplicated Method objects is convincing for peak/runtime memory.
However, the new cache strongly retains canonical Executable instances for as long as their declaring Class remains alive.
ClassValue should avoid the classic static-map/classloader leak, but that is different from saying that the cache has no long-term retention cost.
I would add a test/benchmark like:
- run TestNG;
- release all TestNG-related objects;
- keep the test/application
ClassLoaderalive; - force GC;
- measure how many
Method/Constructorobjects remain reachable.
Then compare baseline vs this PR.
This would tell us whether we are trading a very large amount of temporary duplication for a small amount of persistent retention—which may very well be a good tradeoff, but should be demonstrated.
3. Prove that ClassValue does not prevent classloader unloading
A separate test should verify the other side of the memory story:
- load test classes through a dedicated
ClassLoader; - exercise the executable cache;
- remove all strong references to the loader/classes;
- force GC;
- verify through a
WeakReference<ClassLoader>that the loader can be collected.
This would validate the main reason for choosing ClassValue.
4. Identify where the duplicate reflection objects are actually created
I am still not convinced that TestNGMethod.clone() itself is the source of all these duplicated Method wrappers.
From the code path, cloning appears to reuse an existing Method; the duplicates likely originate from repeated reflection discovery elsewhere.
I would really like to see an allocation profile, ideally JFR, showing the allocation stacks for java.lang.reflect.Method.
For example:
java.lang.reflect.Method allocation
<- ...
<- TestNG reflection discovery
That would answer an important architectural question:
- if TestNG unnecessarily performs the same reflective lookup repeatedly, fixing the producer might be better;
- if duplicate wrappers naturally come from many legitimate reflection paths, interning is exactly the right abstraction.
The current cache clearly fixes the symptom, but profiling would prove that it is also the right layer to fix it.
5. Try using Executable directly as the cache key
With the current strong-reference design, I am not sure MemberKey is still necessary.
The map currently effectively does:
ConcurrentMap<MemberKey, Executable>but Method.equals() / Constructor.equals() already provide the identity semantics that MemberKey is reproducing, including the return type for Method.
So it may be possible to simplify this to:
ConcurrentMap<Executable, Executable>and:
return cache
.get(executable.getDeclaringClass())
.computeIfAbsent(executable, ignored -> executable);This could also remove allocations performed for every lookup (MemberKey, parameter-type representation, etc.).
I would benchmark both implementations:
- throughput of cache hits;
- allocations per lookup;
- retained heap;
- behavior with overloaded and bridge methods.
If MemberKey wins measurably, keep it. Otherwise, using Executable directly seems significantly simpler.
6. Add an end-to-end regression test for the original memory issue
Beyond unit-testing ExecutableCache, I think we should have one test reproducing the actual scenario that motivated the change.
Something that creates enough TestNG method instances / clones / parameterized executions to reproduce the previous explosion in reflection wrappers, then verifies that the number of distinct Executable instances remains close to the number of actual reflected members.
That would protect the optimization against future refactors accidentally bypassing the cache.
So my main request is not necessarily to change the architecture immediately, but to add tests/benchmarks that can prove or disprove these assumptions:
- interning does not introduce problematic
AccessibleObjectbehavior; - retained memory after a run stays reasonable;
ClassValuereally allows classloader unloading;- the cache is addressing the real source of the allocations;
MemberKeyprovides measurable value over usingExecutabledirectly;- the original memory regression is covered end-to-end.
If those tests confirm the assumptions, I would be much more confident in this approach.
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That said, I think this is a very promising change and the reported memory improvements are impressive. The points above are meant to strengthen the implementation and validate its trade-offs, not to argue against the overall direction. If the additional tests confirm these assumptions, I would be happy to see it merged. |
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Thanks @juherr — went through all six. Four are code/test changes now on the branch; #2 and #4 are measurements in the demo. Here's each one: 1. Accessibility (setAccessible) behaviour. I picked the safe, complete option. If someone hands us a Method they've already made accessible, we now copy that onto the shared handle — so it never gets lost, whether it was set before or after wrapping. We only ever turn it on, never off. Tests cover all the cases you listed: made accessible before wrapping (your example), changed after wrapping, the same for Constructor, and several wrappers sharing one handle. 2. Memory kept after the run. I measured it directly: run the suite, drop every reference to TestNG, force a GC, then count what's left. Once the suite is gone, the wrappers drop to 0 in every mode. The only thing the cache still holds is 7 Method objects (the "on" minus "off" difference, same on JDK 11 and 17) — one per distinct method in the class, no matter how many instances the factory made. The big background number is the JVM's own reflection cache, which is there even without the PR. So: a large, temporary saving during the run for a tiny, lasting cost of a few handles. 3. Does ClassValue let a classloader unload? Added a test: load a class through a throwaway loader, intern one of its methods, then check the loader still gets collected — even while the cache is alive. It does. That's the whole reason for using ClassValue, now proven. 4. Where the handles come from (JFR). I recorded an allocation profile. Every Method object is created in the same place: One thing the same profile turned up, unrelated to this PR: the real allocation hotspot in a factory run is 5. Drop MemberKey, key on the Executable directly. You were right — done. The map now uses the Method/Constructor itself as the key. Their 6. End-to-end regression test. Added: a 50-instance The full demo, with how every number was captured (and a short guide to |
What this PR adds, and for whom (summary for anyone reading later)Since this thread got long, here is the honest bottom line of what the change does and where it helps. What it doesTestNG wraps every test/config method in a The value, honestly
Who benefits
Where it does not move the needle (the honest limit)
One lineThis PR removes one specific, previously-unbounded source of retained memory — per-wrapper handle duplication — in the minimal, provably-safe way. Its value is narrow but real: it helps extreme, memory-pressured suites survive and run leaner, costs nothing to everyone else, and is safe on by default. It is not a general fix for TestNG's overall footprint, which lives in the per-method model this PR deliberately does not touch. Full measurements and methodology: https://github.com/krmahadevan/testng-factory-memory-demo |
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Much better now. The current design is simpler, easier to reason about, and the added measurements/tests address most of my previous concerns.
I only have a few remaining suggestions before approving:
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ExecutableCacheClassLoaderTest, make sure the cache is unquestionably kept alive during GC (e.g. useExecutableCache.DEFAULTorReference.reachabilityFence(cache)), otherwise the test does not fully prove that the cache itself does not pin the classloader. - In
InterningRegressionTest, it would be stronger to also run with interning disabled and assert that the distinct handle count increases. That would prove the test actually reproduces the original problem. - I would remove
reflectionHandsBackDistinctCopiesSoInterningIsWorthIt(): distinct identity between twogetDeclaredMethod()calls is a JDK implementation detail, not a contract TestNG should depend on. - Please clean up the remaining references to the old design (
descriptor, lazy resolution,SoftReference) in the PR description, title and test names/comments.
After that, I would be comfortable approving this.
— Drafted by ChatGPT under my supervision.
… strong cache Closes testng-team#3352 - Deduplicate Method/Constructor handles through a process-wide ExecutableCache (ClassValue -> Map<MemberKey, Executable>), so every wrapper for the same member shares one handle instead of holding a copy. - In a large @factory suite this collapses the live handle count from ~100k to a handful; equals/hashCode stay byte-identical to prior releases, so iteration order of any Set/Map holding these is unchanged. - Hold handles strongly (no SoftReference/rebuild machinery): the deduped set is one handle per distinct member, too small to be worth reclaiming under memory pressure -- measured to behave identically to a soft cache. - Per-class tables live in a ClassValue, so they are collected with the class and never pin a class loader. - Kill switch: -Dtestng.reflection.intern=false restores pre-7.13 behaviour (each wrapper keeps the handle it was given).
Follow-up to the ConstructorOrMethod interning change, addressing review feedback. - Drop MemberKey and key each per-class table on the Executable directly. Method/Constructor#equals already compare declaring class, name, parameter types and (for methods) return type, so covariant methods and their bridges stay distinct without a separate key type. Using Function.identity() as the mapping function also drops a capturing lambda per lookup. - Carry accessibility across interning: when a caller hands over a handle it had already made accessible, the shared handle is upgraded too, so a duplicate lookup never silently loses it. Accessibility is only widened, never turned off. - Split the two-layer (ClassValue -> per-class map) lookup into named statements for readability. Tests: - accessibility is carried over for methods and constructors, and through the ConstructorOrMethod wrapper (juherr's set-accessible-then-wrap case); - a covariant method and its compiler bridge stay distinct in the cache; - classloader unloading: interning a class's method does not pin its ClassLoader (a WeakReference is collected while the cache stays alive); - end-to-end regression: a 50-instance @factory collapses to one shared handle per distinct @test method.
- ExecutableCacheClassLoaderTest: pin the cache past the GC with Reference.reachabilityFence, so the test proves the loader is collectible while the cache is still alive -- not merely because the cache was collected too. - InterningRegressionTest: run the suite with interning on and off and assert the distinct-handle count jumps when it is off, so the test demonstrably reproduces the original problem. The duplication surfaces on the config methods (a fresh handle per instance), not the @test methods (which TestNG already shares by cloning), so the sample gains @BeforeMethod/@AfterMethod and the collector now gathers every invoked method: on -> 4 distinct handles, off -> grows with the instance count. - Drop reflectionHandsBackDistinctCopiesSoInterningIsWorthIt: distinct identity between two getDeclaredMethod calls is a JDK implementation detail, not a contract TestNG should assert on. - Rename/reword away the old design's vocabulary (descriptor, lazy resolution, Entry) in test names and comments.
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Thanks @juherr — all four addressed. 1. Keep the cache provably alive during GC. Added 2. Run with interning disabled and assert the count increases. Done — and it surfaced something worth noting. The
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Closes #3352
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BaseTestMethodholds aConstructorOrMethodfor the whole lifetime of a suite. In a large@Factory(or data-provider / parameterized) suite the same few methods get wrapped once per instance and per clone, and each wrapper used to keep its own copy of the livejava.lang.reflect.Method/Constructor. Reflection hands back a fresh copy per lookup, so the retained handle population grew with the number of instances — thousands of duplicate handles for a handful of actual methods.ConstructorOrMethodnow shares one handle per distinct member through a small process-wideExecutableCache:ClassValuekeyed by declaring class, whose value is aConcurrentMap<Executable, Executable>. TheMethod/Constructoris its own key — itsequals/hashCodealready compare declaring class, name, parameter types and (for methods) return type, so covariant methods and their compiler-generated bridges stay distinct;ClassValue, it is collected together with the class — the cache never keeps aClass(or itsClassLoader) alive on its own.Handles are held strongly. The deduplicated set is only one handle per distinct member, which is small, so there is nothing worth reclaiming under memory pressure (the measurements linked below confirm a strong cache behaves identically to a soft one here, with far less complexity).
equals/hashCodedelegate to the shared handle and reproduce the exact values older TestNG produced, so noHashSet/HashMapiteration order shifts (e.g.FailedReporter's re-run set). If a handle was already made accessible, that is carried onto the shared instance, so a duplicate lookup never loses it.The public API is unchanged; the change is source- and binary-compatible. A kill-switch system property (
testng.reflection.intern, defaulttrue) restores the previous behaviour of holding the handle it was given.Measurements & methodology: a standalone demo quantifies the footprint reduction, the behaviour under memory pressure, the (tiny) memory retained after a run, and a JFR profile of where the handles are allocated — https://github.com/krmahadevan/testng-factory-memory-demo
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ConstructorOrMethodTest— interning identity, overload separation,equals/hashCodeparity across modes, accessibility propagation, and the kill-switch;ExecutableCacheTest— interning, overloads, covariant-method vs bridge distinction, concurrent interning, and accessibility carried onto the shared handle;ExecutableCacheClassLoaderTest— a class loader is still collected after one of its methods is interned (while the cache stays alive);InterningRegressionTest— reproduces the original@Factoryduplication end-to-end (interning on vs off).Fixes #3352
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