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[Java] Avro - Experiment with "compiled" consumer delegates for performance.

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Description

All consumers that rely on delegates (e.g. struct, composite, list, union, ...) require  megamorphic lookups which can't be inlined well by JIT.  

 

We should verify the performance different of a hand-coded consumer vs an existing delegate consumer

 

i.e. something like:

 

void consume(Decoder d) {

  ((IntConsumer)delegate).consume(d);

}

 

compared to the existing implementation.  It is expected we will see a decent amount of performance improvement from this approach.  If we do, we should add an option to converter to generate new custom classes on the fly, that mimic the hand-coded option.

 

**Reporter**: [Micah Kornfield](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-6595) / @emkornfield

**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-6595](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-6595). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*

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Research direction

Start by locating the delegate-based consumers and the hand-coded consumer path described in the issue. Compare their performance, then assess whether converter-generated custom classes are warranted; done means a documented comparison and a scoped implementation decision.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
backend, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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