Speed up multiple attributes overwrite detection. Fixes #24467 (#24561)

src/Components/Components/src/Rendering/RenderTreeBuilder.cs

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.RenderTree;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering
@@ -707,41 +706,40 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering
             }
 
             // Now that we've found the last attribute, we can iterate backwards and process duplicates.
-            var seenAttributeNames = (_seenAttributeNames ??= new Dictionary<string, int>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            var seenAttributeNames = (_seenAttributeNames ??= new Dictionary<string, int>(SimplifiedStringHashComparer.Instance));
             for (var i = last; i >= first; i--)
             {
                 ref var frame = ref buffer[i];
                 Debug.Assert(frame.FrameTypeField == RenderTreeFrameType.Attribute, $"Frame type is {frame.FrameTypeField} at {i}");
 
-                if (!seenAttributeNames.TryGetValue(frame.AttributeNameField, out var index))
+                if (!seenAttributeNames.TryAdd(frame.AttributeNameField, i))
                 {
-                    // This is the first time seeing this attribute name. Add to the dictionary and move on.
+                    var index = seenAttributeNames[frame.AttributeNameField];
-                    seenAttributeNames.Add(frame.AttributeNameField, i);
+                    if (index < i)
-                }
+                    {
-                else if (index < i)
+                        // This attribute is overriding a "silent frame" where we didn't create a frame for an AddAttribute call.
-                {
+                        // This is the case for a null event handler, or bool false value.
-                    // This attribute is overriding a "silent frame" where we didn't create a frame for an AddAttribute call.
+                        //
-                    // This is the case for a null event handler, or bool false value.
+                        // We need to update our tracking, in case the attribute appeared 3 or more times.
-                    //
+                        seenAttributeNames[frame.AttributeNameField] = i;
-                    // We need to update our tracking, in case the attribute appeared 3 or more times.
+                    }
-                    seenAttributeNames[frame.AttributeNameField] = i;
+                    else if (index > i)
-                }
+                    {
-                else if (index > i)
+                        // This attribute has been overridden. For now, blank out its name to *mark* it. We'll do a pass
-                {
+                        // later to wipe it out.
-                    // This attribute has been overridden. For now, blank out its name to *mark* it. We'll do a pass
+                        frame = default;
-                    // later to wipe it out.
+                    }
-                    frame = default;
+                    else
-                }
+                    {
-                else
+                        // OK so index == i. How is that possible? Well it's possible for a "silent frame" immediately
-                {
+                        // followed by setting the same attribute. Think of it this way, when we create a "silent frame"
-                    // OK so index == i. How is that possible? Well it's possible for a "silent frame" immediately
+                        // we have to track that attribute name with *some* index.
-                    // followed by setting the same attribute. Think of it this way, when we create a "silent frame"
+                        //
-                    // we have to track that attribute name with *some* index.
+                        // The only index value we can safely use is _entries.Count (next available). This is fine because
-                    //
+                        // we never use these indexes to look stuff up, only for comparison.
-                    // The only index value we can safely use is _entries.Count (next available). This is fine because
+                        //
-                    // we never use these indexes to look stuff up, only for comparison.
+                        // That gets you here, and there's no action to take.
-                    //
+                    }
-                    // That gets you here, and there's no action to take.
                 }
             }
 
@@ -780,7 +778,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering
                 return;
             }
 
-            var seenAttributeNames = (_seenAttributeNames ??= new Dictionary<string, int>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            var seenAttributeNames = (_seenAttributeNames ??= new Dictionary<string, int>(SimplifiedStringHashComparer.Instance));
             seenAttributeNames[name] = _entries.Count; // See comment in ProcessAttributes for why this is OK.
         }
 

src/Components/Components/src/Rendering/SimplifiedStringHashComparer.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This comparer is optimized for use with dictionaries where the great majority of insertions/lookups
+    /// don't match existing entries. For example, when building a dictionary of almost entirely unique keys.
+    /// It's faster than the normal string comparer in this case because it doesn't use string.GetHashCode,
+    /// and hence doesn't have to consider every character in the string.
+    ///
+    /// This primary scenario is <see cref="RenderTreeBuilder.ProcessDuplicateAttributes(int)"/>, which needs
+    /// to detect when one attribute is overriding another, but in the vast majority of cases attributes don't
+    /// actually override each other.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal class SimplifiedStringHashComparer : IEqualityComparer<string>
+    {
+        public readonly static SimplifiedStringHashComparer Instance = new SimplifiedStringHashComparer();
+
+        public bool Equals(string? x, string? y)
+        {
+            return string.Equals(x, y, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+
+        public int GetHashCode(string key)
+        {
+            var keyLength = key.Length;
+            if (keyLength > 0)
+            {
+                // Consider just the length and middle and last characters.
+                // This will produce a distinct result for a sufficiently large
+                // proportion of attribute names.
+                return unchecked(
+                    char.ToLowerInvariant(key[keyLength - 1])
+                    + 31 * char.ToLowerInvariant(key[keyLength / 2])
+                    + 961 * keyLength);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return default;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Components/Components/test/Rendering/SimplifiedStringHashComparerTest.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Rendering
+{
+    public class SimplifiedStringHashComparerTest
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void EqualityIsCaseInsensitive()
+        {
+            Assert.True(SimplifiedStringHashComparer.Instance.Equals("abc", "ABC"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void HashCodesAreCaseInsensitive()
+        {
+            var hash1 = SimplifiedStringHashComparer.Instance.GetHashCode("abc");
+            var hash2 = SimplifiedStringHashComparer.Instance.GetHashCode("ABC");
+            Assert.Equal(hash1, hash2);
+        }
+    }
+}