increase performance by migrating from bytes.Buffer to strings.Builder

bench_example_test.go

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 package goquery
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
 func BenchmarkMetalReviewExample(b *testing.B) {
 	var n int
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	var builder strings.Builder
 
 	b.StopTimer()
 	doc := loadDoc("metalreview.html")
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ func BenchmarkMetalReviewExample(b *testing.B) {
 			if score, e = strconv.ParseFloat(s.Find(".score").Text(), 64); e != nil {
 				// Not a valid float, ignore score
 				if n <= 4 {
-					buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Review %d: %s - %s.\n", i, band, title))
+					builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Review %d: %s - %s.\n", i, band, title))
 				}
 			} else {
 				// Print all, including score
 				if n <= 4 {
-					buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Review %d: %s - %s (%2.1f).\n", i, band, title, score))
+					builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Review %d: %s - %s (%2.1f).\n", i, band, title, score))
 				}
 			}
 		})

property.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package goquery
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -60,14 +59,14 @@ func (s *Selection) SetAttr(attrName, val string) *Selection {
 // Text gets the combined text contents of each element in the set of matched
 // elements, including their descendants.
 func (s *Selection) Text() string {
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	var builder strings.Builder
 
 	// Slightly optimized vs calling Each: no single selection object created
 	var f func(*html.Node)
 	f = func(n *html.Node) {
 		if n.Type == html.TextNode {
 			// Keep newlines and spaces, like jQuery
-			buf.WriteString(n.Data)
+			builder.WriteString(n.Data)
 		}
 		if n.FirstChild != nil {
 			for c := n.FirstChild; c != nil; c = c.NextSibling {
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ func (s *Selection) Text() string {
 		f(n)
 	}
 
-	return buf.String()
+	return builder.String()
 }
 
 // Size is an alias for Length.
@@ -97,16 +96,16 @@ func (s *Selection) Length() int {
 func (s *Selection) Html() (ret string, e error) {
 	// Since there is no .innerHtml, the HTML content must be re-created from
 	// the nodes using html.Render.
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	var builder strings.Builder
 
 	if len(s.Nodes) > 0 {
 		for c := s.Nodes[0].FirstChild; c != nil; c = c.NextSibling {
-			e = html.Render(&buf, c)
+			e = html.Render(&builder, c)
 			if e != nil {
 				return
 			}
 		}
-		ret = buf.String()
+		ret = builder.String()
 	}
 
 	return

utilities.go

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package goquery
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"io"
+	"strings"
 
 	"golang.org/x/net/html"
 )
@@ -26,13 +26,12 @@ var nodeNames = []string{
 // Go's net/html package defines the following node types, listed with
 // the corresponding returned value from this function:
 //
-//     ErrorNode : #error
-//     TextNode : #text
-//     DocumentNode : #document
-//     ElementNode : the element's tag name
-//     CommentNode : #comment
-//     DoctypeNode : the name of the document type
-//
+//	ErrorNode : #error
+//	TextNode : #text
+//	DocumentNode : #document
+//	ElementNode : the element's tag name
+//	CommentNode : #comment
+//	DoctypeNode : the name of the document type
 func NodeName(s *Selection) string {
 	if s.Length() == 0 {
 		return ""
@@ -77,11 +76,11 @@ func Render(w io.Writer, s *Selection) error {
 // because this is not a jQuery method (in javascript-land, this is
 // a property provided by the DOM).
 func OuterHtml(s *Selection) (string, error) {
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	if err := Render(&buf, s); err != nil {
+	var builder strings.Builder
+	if err := Render(&builder, s); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	return buf.String(), nil
+	return builder.String(), nil
 }
 
 // Loop through all container nodes to search for the target node.