Merge pull request #13473 from izeye:empty-list

* pr/13473:
  Reduce object creation in findMatchingItemMetadata()

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/metadata/ConfigurationMetadata.java

@@ -145,10 +145,11 @@ public class ConfigurationMetadata {
 	}
 
 	private ItemMetadata findMatchingItemMetadata(ItemMetadata metadata) {
-		List<ItemMetadata> candidates = getCandidates(metadata.getName());
-		if (candidates.isEmpty()) {
+		List<ItemMetadata> candidates = this.items.get(metadata.getName());
+		if (candidates == null || candidates.isEmpty()) {
 			return null;
 		}
+		candidates = new ArrayList<>(candidates);
 		candidates.removeIf((itemMetadata) -> !itemMetadata.hasSameType(metadata));
 		if (candidates.size() > 1 && metadata.getType() != null) {
 			candidates.removeIf(
@@ -165,11 +166,6 @@ public class ConfigurationMetadata {
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	private List<ItemMetadata> getCandidates(String name) {
-		List<ItemMetadata> candidates = this.items.get(name);
-		return (candidates != null ? new ArrayList<>(candidates) : new ArrayList<>());
-	}
-
 	private boolean nullSafeEquals(Object o1, Object o2) {
 		if (o1 == o2) {
 			return true;