From 1255ae0d39f3b46da935f619dbba829868db3f36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reinier Zwitserloot <r.zwitserloot@projectlombok.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 00:19:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [optimisation] Avoid making a pointless arraylist in 90% of
 cases.

---
 src/core/lombok/eclipse/EclipseAST.java | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/core/lombok/eclipse/EclipseAST.java b/src/core/lombok/eclipse/EclipseAST.java
index a7fa876f..dfe754a2 100644
--- a/src/core/lombok/eclipse/EclipseAST.java
+++ b/src/core/lombok/eclipse/EclipseAST.java
@@ -403,8 +403,9 @@ public class EclipseAST extends AST<EclipseAST, EclipseNode, ASTNode> {
 	}
 	
 	private Collection<EclipseNode> buildRecordComponents(AbstractVariableDeclaration[] children) {
+		if (children == null) return Collections.emptyList();
 		List<EclipseNode> childNodes = new ArrayList<EclipseNode>();
-		if (children != null) for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
 			addIfNotNull(childNodes, buildRecordComponent(children[i]));
 		}
 		return childNodes;