⚡ Optimize string concatenation in OptionCollector#201
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Replaced inefficient string concatenation in a loop with a List<string> and string.Join() in `ParseCapabilitiesIfWindows()`. This prevents repeated string allocations and improves execution performance.
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Pull request overview
This PR optimizes how Windows default-capabilities arguments are serialized in OptionCollector to reduce allocations during repeated string concatenation, and adds a small benchmark project to compare approaches.
Changes:
- Refactored
ParseCapabilitiesIfWindowsto accumulate capability fragments in aList<string>and emit the final string viastring.Join. - Added a standalone benchmark console app to measure old vs new concatenation approaches.
- Introduced a new
benchmarkproject file to build/run the benchmark.
Reviewed changes
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src/Appium.Net/Appium/Service/Options/OptionCollector.cs |
Replaces loop-time string concatenation with list accumulation + string.Join for Windows capability argument formatting. |
benchmark/Program.cs |
Adds a simple stopwatch-based benchmark comparing old and new concatenation strategies. |
benchmark/benchmark.csproj |
Defines the benchmark console project and its target framework. |
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| <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework> |
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The benchmark project targets net10.0, but this repo’s CI/tooling is configured for older SDKs (unit-test workflow installs .NET 8.0.x, release workflow installs .NET 5.0.x). Even though the benchmark isn’t in Appium.Net.sln today, keeping it on a newer TFM can make it difficult for contributors to build/run without extra SDK installs. Consider targeting net8.0 (or otherwise aligning the benchmark TFM with the repo’s supported SDK range).
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| <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework> |
💡 What: Replaced inefficient string concatenation in
ParseCapabilitiesIfWindowswithinOptionCollector.cswith aList<string>andstring.Join(). Initialized the list with the exact required capacity.🎯 Why: The existing approach (
result = result + ", " + key + ": " + value) inside a loop leads to repeated string memory allocations, causing higher CPU usage and Garbage Collection pressure. The list accumulation approach is the standard C# optimization.📊 Measured Improvement: Created a local benchmark executing the loop 100,000 times on a simulated 50-item capability dictionary:
PR created automatically by Jules for task 17089181951364035381 started by @Dor-bl