Reuse one big buffer per thread and copy the outbound

smaller buffers.  Way faster and way cheaper overall.


git-svn-id: https://jmonkeyengine.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@7259 75d07b2b-3a1a-0410-a2c5-0572b91ccdca

engine/src/networking/com/jme3/network/base/DefaultClient.java

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ public class DefaultClient implements Client
 {
     static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(DefaultClient.class.getName());
     
+    private ThreadLocal<ByteBuffer> dataBuffer = new ThreadLocal<ByteBuffer>();
+    
     private int id = -1;
     private boolean isRunning = false;
     private CountDownLatch connecting = new CountDownLatch(1);
@@ -199,15 +201,23 @@ public class DefaultClient implements Client
             waitForConnected();
         }
         
-        // For now just send direclty.  We allocate our
+        ByteBuffer buffer = dataBuffer.get();
-        // own buffer each time because this method might
+        if( buffer == null ) {
-        // be called from multiple threads.  If writing
+            buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate( 65536 + 2 );
-        // is queued into its own thread then that could
+            dataBuffer.set(buffer);
-        // be shared.
+        }
-        // Writing is now done on a background thread.
+        buffer.clear();        
-        // If we ever share a ByteBuffer then it will need to be 
+ 
-        // copied before handing off.
+        // Convert the message to bytes
-        ByteBuffer buffer = MessageProtocol.messageToBuffer(message, null);
+        buffer = MessageProtocol.messageToBuffer(message, buffer);
+                
+        // Since we share the buffer between invocations, we will need to 
+        // copy this message's part out of it.  This is because we actually
+        // do the send on a background thread.       
+        byte[] temp = new byte[buffer.remaining()];
+        System.arraycopy(buffer.array(), buffer.position(), temp, 0, buffer.remaining());
+        buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(temp);
+        
         if( message.isReliable() || fast == null ) {
             if( reliable == null )
                 throw new RuntimeException( "No reliable connector configured" );