BlackHole

Added in 1.3.0

Kotlin |Java

@ExperimentalBlackHoleApi
public static class BlackHole

Function calls which can be used to prevent optimization of results.

Both the Kotlin compiler and R8 can remove code you intend to benchmark. To prevent this, pass the result to BlackHole.consume.

Summary

Public fields
`static @NonNull BlackHole`	`INSTANCE`

Public methods
`static final external void`	`consume(@NonNull Object value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`consume(boolean value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`consume(byte value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`consume(char value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`consume(double value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`consume(float value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`consume(int value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`consume(long value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.
`static final external void`	`consume(short value)` Prevent dead code elimination of `value` and its computation.

Added in 1.3.0

public static @NonNull BlackHole INSTANCE