[platform-ui-dev] Avoiding new Object[0]

[Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Friends of Platform UI,

I frequently see in our code base the creation of an empty array via
new Object[0];

IMHO this creates unnecessary instances of arrays. We should avoid
this unnecessary object creation, e.g., by providing a static field in
core.runtime or in equinox.

Or does Java provide something like Collections.emptyList() for Arrays?

I created https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=477780 for
this discussion, in case you prefer to discuss via Bugzilla.

Best regards, Lars

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