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Cuts the fixed per-call cost of the JS ⇄ Java bridge. Prompted by reading Expo's new Kolibri JNI layer. Most of Kolibri doesn't carry over, because it gets its speed from compile-time-typed bindings and we run a generic FFI. Its core ideas do carry over: a thread-cached JNIEnv, ids and keys resolved once, primitives moved in bulk instead of boxed one by one, and short strings copied through stack buffers. Each commit is one change and is benchmarked on its own (table below).

Commit	What it removes
test: JNI micro-benchmarks	Adds `tests/benchmarks/jniBenchmarks.js` + `com.tns.tests.JniBench`. They run instead of Jasmine when `debug.ns.jnibench=1` is set (with optional `.filter` / `.scale` props), and log `JNIBENCH {json}` lines.
cache MetadataNode's interface flag	`MethodCallback` called `IsNodeTypeInterface()` on every Java call. That goes through `GetNodeType`, which takes the metadata reader's reentrant state lock (two `std::mutex` round trips plus a thread-id compare). In the profile this was ~10% of `add(int,int)`.
cache the thread's JNIEnv	`JEnv` is constructed 6–12× per call, and each construction called `JavaVM::GetEnv`. `JEnv(JNIEnv*)` threw its argument away. The env is now held in a `thread_local`. See the multithreading notes below.
lock-free memoized node types	`MetadataTreeNode::type` becomes a write-once `std::atomic<uint8_t>`, so a type that is already derived is read without the lock.
private keys once per isolate	Every object argument built a V8 string from a `std::string` (`"t::cast"`, `"nullNode"`) and resolved it through the `Private::ForApi` registry.
Java → JS args as parallel primitive arrays	`packageArgs` boxed each argument into an `Object[3n]`. Native then made ~5–6 JNI calls per argument: 3× `GetObjectArrayElement`, `Integer.intValue()` for the type id, and an unboxing call for the value. Arguments now travel as `int[]` types and `long[]` raw bits, read with one region copy each. A lazily allocated `Object[]` carries only strings and class names. The intermediate `v8::Array` → `std::vector` copy is gone too.
char returns / String check	A char return took 4 JNI calls and mangled non-ASCII (it kept only the first modified-UTF-8 byte). `IsInstanceOf(result, String)` is now skipped when the declared return type can't be a `String` (String is final).
trim per-callback work	Skip result conversion for `void` callbacks. Stop constructing a `std::stringstream` per converted value. Build an internalized method-name key straight from the `jstring`.
JS string args via stack buffer	`v8::String::Value` heap copy → `WriteV2` into a 256-unit stack buffer.
one GetPrivate	`HasPrivate` + `GetPrivate` → a single `GetPrivate`. (Measured within noise.)
own runtime without the global lock	Every Java → JS call resolved its runtime id via `GetRuntime(int)`, which takes the process-wide `s_runtimeCacheMutex`, so workers and multithreaded JS serialized on it. The calling thread's own runtime is now matched against a `thread_local` id first; foreign threads keep the locked map.

Numbers

Rebased onto #2015; the headline table is re-measured on top of it. Measured on a release APK (-O3, not debuggable, so no CheckJNI) on the arm64 sdk_gphone64 emulator (API 36) on an Apple Silicon host. The test app runs with enableMultithreadedJavascript: true. Method:

The app is AOT-compiled with cmd package compile -m speed after install.
One warm-up launch is discarded, then 5 launches.
Each benchmark warms up, then runs 7 timed rounds.
Values are the median ns/op across runs. Java → JS callbacks are timed in Java with System.nanoTime.

Run-to-run noise on the emulator is about ±5–8%, so read small deltas with care. Constructor rows are dominated by ART and V8 GC.

benchmark	main (ns)	this PR (ns)	Δ
static.noop()	63	39	-38%
static.add(int,int)	97	72	-26%
static.addDouble(double,double)	110	77	-30%
static.addLong(long,long)	96	73	-24%
instance.noop()	97	76	-22%
instance.getInt()	93	75	-20%
instance.getBool()	98	71	-27%
instance.getChar()	170	81	-53%
instance.echo(String)	308	202	-34%
instance.echo(String 1KB)	1720	1730	+1%
instance.getString()	160	128	-20%
instance.self() [wrapped return]	158	128	-19%
instance.getOther() [wrapped return]	163	124	-24%
instance.takeObject(Object)	334	178	-47%
instance.takeObjects(Object x3)	752	355	-53%
static.bufferCapacity(ArrayBuffer)	323	142	-56%
static.sumInts(int[8] from JS array)	283	250	-12%
static.newObjectInJava() [new wrapper]	1435	1374	-4%
new java.lang.Object()	1172	1247	+6%
new Object.extend({})()	1300	1345	+3%
field.get int	60	55	-9%
field.set int	60	53	-12%
field.get Object	108	99	-9%
field.get String	121	108	-11%
callback.noArgs()	472	220	-53%
callback.twoInts(int,int)	859	302	-65%
callback.oneString(String)	744	382	-49%
callback.intReturn(int) -> int	782	437	-44%
callback.oneObject(Object)	715	284	-60%

Per-commit progression (measured before the rebase onto #2015)

benchmark	main	+interface flag	+JNIEnv cache	+node type	+private keys	+callback args	+char/String	+callback trims	+string args	+GetPrivate	+runtime lookup	Δ
static.noop()	58	46	42	46	37	37	35	38	37	43	37	-37%
static.add(int,int)	92	72	71	69	74	71	66	73	72	76	73	-21%
static.addDouble(double,double)	110	95	87	88	84	77	77	80	86	85	85	-23%
static.addLong(long,long)	95	80	71	70	72	71	68	74	75	78	73	-23%
instance.noop()	95	78	73	69	77	74	75	77	79	78	76	-20%
instance.getInt()	98	81	72	74	72	75	75	78	79	81	75	-24%
instance.getBool()	98	78	72	69	77	72	72	72	72	75	71	-28%
instance.getChar()	194	156	134	129	146	135	77	75	84	84	84	-56%
instance.echo(String)	332	296	250	250	272	230	239	238	205	194	195	-41%
instance.echo(String 1KB)	1992	1802	1779	1715	2151	1676	1715	1652	1640	1602	1604	-19%
instance.getString()	181	151	126	126	140	128	126	129	129	127	125	-31%
instance.self() [wrapped return]	170	149	125	126	139	124	130	128	128	126	125	-26%
instance.getOther() [wrapped return]	170	150	130	126	142	130	126	128	131	127	126	-26%
instance.takeObject(Object)	357	316	276	277	177	179	172	173	174	173	175	-51%
instance.takeObjects(Object x3)	754	736	666	672	369	357	354	348	348	360	357	-53%
static.bufferCapacity(ArrayBuffer)	336	302	271	263	136	138	133	140	143	144	143	-57%
static.sumInts(int[8] from JS array)	311	281	262	255	261	259	263	256	267	260	259	-17%
static.newObjectInJava() [new wrapper]	1706	1547	1586	1510	1671	1414	1491	1383	1415	1202	1417	-17%
new java.lang.Object()	1309	1389	1448	1217	1507	1272	1396	1272	1265	1140	1163	-11%
new Object.extend({})()	1500	1390	1304	1246	1521	1312	1370	1365	1304	1266	1301	-13%
field.get int	59	60	53	55	61	53	52	52	52	54	54	-8%
field.set int	59	60	52	52	54	50	51	52	51	54	52	-12%
field.get Object	113	112	94	94	98	94	95	94	101	95	96	-16%
field.get String	126	136	109	110	124	115	106	112	114	109	112	-11%
callback.noArgs()	482	498	458	455	494	402	429	213	226	227	208	-57%
callback.twoInts(int,int)	887	887	837	835	895	499	527	292	307	311	283	-68%
callback.oneString(String)	798	812	728	729	751	592	600	380	385	365	366	-54%
callback.intReturn(int) -> int	846	841	768	794	810	581	568	422	427	419	418	-51%
callback.oneObject(Object)	803	776	733	697	718	499	508	300	306	283	289	-64%

Profiling: simpleperf record -e cpu-clock --call-graph dwarf against the release APK with the unstripped .so. The emulator has no hardware perf counters.

Multithreaded JS / workers

The JNIEnv cache is the one change that touches thread lifetimes:

The env is pinned in a thread_local only where the attach lifetime is known. That is a runtime's own thread, from context setup until DestroyRuntime; a worker also unpins just before DetachCurrentThread.
The hot Java_com_tns_Runtime_* entries (initNativeScript, runModule, runScript, callJSMethodNative, createJSInstanceNative) set it for the length of the call and restore the previous value. A pinned env is left alone.
A Java thread entering the main isolate under v8::Locker therefore uses its own entry's env, and nothing it set outlives its return.
The lazy-attach fallback in GetEnvSlow is never cached, because nothing would tell us when that env goes stale.

Every other new cache is either per isolate (only used while that isolate is locked) or a write-once atomic.

The JNIEnv pin and the GetRuntime(int) fast path both assume one runtime per thread, destroyed on that thread. That was already true (com.tns.Runtime's constructor throws on a second runtime per thread, and the only DestroyRuntime/delete sites are on the owner thread). It is now enforced natively with NS_CHECKs in the Runtime constructor, DestroyRuntime and ~Runtime, so a future embedding that breaks it aborts loudly instead of using a stale per-thread pointer.

Behaviour changes

A char return or field holding a non-ASCII character now comes back correctly.
An unmarshallable JS return value from a callback that overrides a void Java method is now ignored. It used to be converted (and could error) only to be thrown away.

Follow-ups (not in this PR)

Constructors (~1.3 µs) are mostly Java-side bookkeeping: two synchronized map puts plus storeClass per new, and a getUsedMemory round trip per construction. Throttling that round trip delays V8's view of large Java allocations, so it deserves its own discussion.
Object returns still make a getOrCreateJavaObjectID Java round trip every call (self() ~125 ns). Candidates are a small (jweak, id) probe cache, or a combined id + class-name call for the wrapper-miss path.
Primitive callback returns could come back as raw jlong bits instead of going through JsArgToArrayConverter and boxing.
Typed callJSMethod overloads from the binding generator would remove the varargs boxing entirely, which is the Kolibri-style end state.

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The full Jasmine suite passes on the emulator (./gradlew runtestsAndVerifyResults, 1468 specs, 0 failures). That includes the worker, multithreaded-JS, concurrent-access, GC, JNI-reference-leak and conversion suites.

To reproduce the numbers:

cd test-app
./gradlew :app:assembleRelease -Pabis=arm64-v8a -Prelease -PksPath=... -PksPassword=... -Palias=... -Ppassword=...
adb install -r app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk
adb shell cmd package compile -m speed -f com.tns.testapplication
adb shell setprop debug.ns.jnibench 1      # optional: debug.ns.jnibench.filter / .scale
adb shell am start -n com.tns.testapplication/com.tns.NativeScriptActivity
adb logcat | grep JNIBENCH

A clean release build currently needs rm -rf app/build app/src/main/assets/metadata first, because of an existing buildMetadata up-to-date bug: its javac input is only registered if that directory exists at configuration time.

Summary by CodeRabbit

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- Added optional JNI benchmarks to measure JavaScript-to-Java calls and Java-to-JavaScript callbacks, with configurable filtering and iteration scaling.
Performance
- Improved handling of calls between Java and JavaScript, including argument and string conversion.
Reliability
- Improved runtime thread management and metadata access during JavaScript and Java interactions.

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The change adds an optional JNI benchmark suite and updates Java-to-JavaScript calls to pass arguments in parallel arrays. Native conversion, runtime thread handling, and metadata access also change.

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Parallel-array argument boundary `test-app/runtime/src/main/java/com/tns/Runtime.java`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/com_tns_Runtime.cpp`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Runtime.h`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Runtime.cpp`	Java packages arguments into type, value, and reference arrays. The JNI entry point and native runtime pass those arrays as `JavaCallArgs`.
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JNI environment and runtime ownership `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/JEnv.`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/Runtime.`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/com_tns_Runtime.cpp`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/WorkerWrapper.cpp`	JNI entry scopes track thread environments. Runtime initialization pins the environment; teardown clears runtime state and unpins it. Runtime ownership is associated with its creating thread.
Metadata and V8 private keys `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/JsArgConverter.`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/JsArgToArrayConverter.cpp`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/MetadataNode.`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/MetadataReader.cpp`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/MetadataTreeNode.h`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/MethodCache.cpp`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/NumericCasts.`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/V8GlobalHelpers.`, `test-app/runtime/src/main/cpp/V8StringConstants.*`	Metadata node types use atomic storage, and interface status is cached. Null-node and cast-marker lookups use V8 private keys. Argument conversion and error construction also change.
JNI benchmark runner and fixtures `test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/boot.js`, `test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/benchmarks/jniBenchmarks.js`, `test-app/app/src/main/java/com/tns/tests/JniBench.java`	When enabled, app startup runs JNI benchmarks instead of Jasmine and `mainpage`. JavaScript runs filtered, scaled measurements and logs results from Java benchmark fixtures.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant JavaRuntime as Runtime.java
  participant NativeEntry as JNI entry point
  participant NativeRuntime as Runtime::CallJSMethodNative
  participant CallbackHandlers
  JavaRuntime->>NativeEntry: pass argument type, value, and reference arrays
  NativeEntry->>NativeRuntime: create JavaCallArgs
  NativeRuntime->>CallbackHandlers: convert arguments and invoke JavaScript method

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NativeScript/android#2015: Both changes update Java-to-JavaScript call routing and depend on runtime ownership and dispatch assumptions.

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perf: cheaper object construction; drop markingMode full #2093

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perf: return primitive callback results as raw bits #2096

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		console.log("JNIBENCH_DONE " + JSON.stringify(results));
		return;
		}
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Guard the gc() call.

gc() exists only if --expose_gc reaches V8. The runtime caches gc only when it is a function. If the flag is missing, gc() throws a ReferenceError inside the setTimeout callback. The benchmark then stops without JNIBENCH_DONE, and no benchmark runs.

Check for the function before the call.

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--- "a/test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/benchmarks/jniBenchmarks.js"
+++ "b/test-app/app/src/main/assets/app/tests/benchmarks/jniBenchmarks.js"
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
             console.log("JNIBENCH_DONE " + JSON.stringify(results));
             return;
         }
-        gc();
+        if (typeof gc === "function") gc();
         var result = benchmarks[index++]();
         if (result) results.push(result);
         setTimeout(next, 50);

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          test: add JNI bridge micro-benchmarks to the test app

3a4392b

Run instead of the Jasmine suite when the debug.ns.jnibench system property
is 1. Each benchmark logs a JNIBENCH {json} line with median/min ns per op;
Java -> JS callbacks are timed in Java with System.nanoTime.


          test: add filter/scale knobs and more JNI benchmarks

6d9ffb7

debug.ns.jnibench.filter runs only benchmarks whose name contains the value;
debug.ns.jnibench.scale multiplies iteration counts (for profiling).


          perf: cache MetadataNode's interface flag instead of re-reading it pe…

638defb

…r call

MethodCallback asked IsNodeTypeInterface() on every Java method call, and
GetNodeType takes the metadata reader's state lock (two std::mutex round
trips plus a thread id compare) even when the type is already memoized.


          perf: cache the thread's JNIEnv instead of calling GetEnv per JEnv

1f8a038

JEnv is constructed several times per bridge call (argument converters,
JniLocalRef destructors, the object manager's weak-ref callbacks), and each
construction paid JavaVM::GetEnv; JEnv(JNIEnv*) also discarded its argument
and called GetEnv anyway.

The env is now cached in a thread_local, filled only where the attach
lifetime is known: pinned for a runtime's thread between its context setup
and DestroyRuntime (unpinned again before a worker detaches), and scoped to
the hot Java_com_tns_Runtime_* entry points for any other thread. The lazy
attach fallback still calls GetEnv and does not populate the cache.


          perf: read memoized metadata node types without the reader's lock

cce0e70

A tree node's type is written once (INVALID_TYPE until derived from the
immutable value data), so a reader that sees a valid value can return it
without taking the state lock. GetNodeType runs on JS wrapper creation,
property and method-info reads; only the first derivation still locks.
Dynamically created nodes now publish their final type in one store.


          perf: resolve the cast-marker and null-node private keys once per iso…

037451c

…late

Every object argument looked up NumericCasts' cast marker and the null-node
marker by building a V8 string from a std::string and resolving it through
Private::ForApi's registry. Both keys are now created with the isolate's
other constants. JsArgConverter also stops copying the method signature,
which it only needs while parsing.


          perf: pass Java -> JS call arguments as parallel primitive arrays

4632c04

Runtime.packageArgs boxed every argument into an Object[3n] (an Integer type
id, the boxed value and a class name), and the native side unpacked each
argument with three GetObjectArrayElement calls plus two JNI unboxing calls.

Arguments now cross as int[] type ids, long[] raw primitive bits / object
ids, and an Object[] that is only allocated and read for strings and for the
class name a missing JS wrapper needs. Native reads both primitive arrays
with one region copy each and builds the JS arguments straight into a stack
buffer instead of a v8::Array that was then copied into a vector.


          perf: convert char returns directly and skip the String check where i…

3ad624a

…mpossible

A char return or field read made a one-char jstring, fetched it as modified
UTF-8 and converted the first byte back, which also mangled any non-ASCII
char; it now becomes a one-unit V8 string directly.

Object returns asked IsInstanceOf(result, String) on every call. String is
final, so the check only runs when the declared return type is one of its
supertypes.


          perf: trim per-callback work on the Java -> JS path

a953720

- Skip converting the JS result when the Java method returns void (the
  generated caller passes void.class and discards it).
- JsArgToArrayConverter builds its error message only on failure instead of
  constructing a std::stringstream for every converted value.
- The method name becomes an internalized V8 string straight from the
  jstring, instead of jstring -> std::string -> a fresh V8 key that the
  property lookup then internalizes.


          perf: convert JS string arguments through a stack buffer

aedccc7

ConvertToJavaString copied every JS string into a heap-allocated
v8::String::Value before NewString. Strings up to 256 UTF-16 units are now
written into a stack buffer; longer ones use one vector.


          perf: read the cached private keys with one GetPrivate

0582f28

HasPrivate followed by GetPrivate walked the object's private symbols twice
per lookup; an absent private already reads back as undefined.


          perf: resolve the calling thread's own runtime without the global lock

e325aae

Every Java -> JS call (and lock/unlock) resolved its runtime id through
GetRuntime(int), which takes the process-wide s_runtimeCacheMutex, so workers
and multithreaded JS serialized on one lock. A thread's own runtime is now
matched against a thread_local id first; other threads keep the locked map.

That relies on two invariants that are now checked: a thread hosts at most
one runtime (as com.tns.Runtime's constructor already enforces in Java), and
a runtime is only destroyed on the thread that created it.

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perf(android): cache the thread's JNIEnv instead of calling GetEnv per JEnv NativeScript/runtimes#123

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perf: faster object lifecycle and JNI calls #2099

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fix(worker): tear down a worker runtime whose Java bootstrap failed #2069

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