Does Java's for-each call an embedded method (that returns the collection) for every iteration?

Question

If there is a method call MyClass.returnArray() and I iterate over the array using the for-each construct (also called the \"enhanced for\" loop):

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Answer 1

No, it won't. The result of the first call will be stored in the compiled code in a temporary variable.

From Effective Java 2nd. Ed., Item 46:

Note that there is no performance penalty for using the for-each loop, even for arrays. In fact, it may offer a slight performance advantage over an ordinary for loop in some circumstances, as it computes the limit of the array index only once.