sbsv2/raptor/python/raptor_timing.py
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#
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# Copyright (c) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
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# All rights reserved.
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# This component and the accompanying materials are made available
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# under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
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# which accompanies this distribution, and is available
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# at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
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#
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# Initial Contributors:
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# Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
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#
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# Contributors:
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#
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# Description: 
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# timings API
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# This API can be used to start and stop timings in order to measure performance
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#
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import time
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class Timing(object):
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	@classmethod
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	def discovery_string(cls, object_type, count):
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		"""
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			Returns a tag that can be used to show what is about to be
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					"processed"
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			Parameters:
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				object_type - string
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					Type of object that is about to be "processed" in this task
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				count - int
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					Number of objects of input "object_type" are about to be
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							"processed"
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			Returns:
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				string
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					XML tag in the format that can be printed directly to a
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							Raptor log
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		"""
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		return "<progress:discovery object_type='" + str(object_type) + \
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				"' count='" + str(count) + "' />\n"
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	@classmethod
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	def start_string(cls, object_type, task, key):
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		"""
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			Returns a tag that can be used to show what is being "processed"
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					and the time it started
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			Parameters:
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				object_type - string
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					Type of object that is being "processed" in this task
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				task - string
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					What is being done with the object being "processed"
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				key - string
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					Unique identifier for the object being "processed"
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			Returns:
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				string
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					XML tag in the format that can be printed directly to a
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							Raptor log
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		"""
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		return "<progress:start object_type='" + str(object_type) + \
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				"' task='" + str(task) + "' key='" + str(key) + \
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				"' time='" + str(time.time()) + "' />\n"
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	@classmethod
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	def end_string(cls, object_type, task, key):
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		"""
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			Returns a tag that can be used to show what was being "processed"
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					and the time it finished
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			Parameters:
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				object_type - string
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					Type of object that was being "processed" in this task
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				task - string
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					What was being done with the object being "processed"
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				key - string
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					Unique identifier for the object that was "processed"
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			Returns:
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				string
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					XML tag in the format that can be printed directly to a
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		"""
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		return "<progress:end object_type='" + str(object_type) + \
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				"' task='" + str(task) + "' key='" + str(key) + \
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				"' time='" + str(time.time()) + "' />\n"
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	@classmethod
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	def custom_string(cls, tag = "duration", object_type = "all", task = "all",
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			key = "all", time = 0.0):
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		"""
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			Returns a custom tag in the 'progress' tag format
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			Parameters:
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				tag - string
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					String to be used for the tag 
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				object_type - string
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					Type of object that was being "processed" in this task
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				task - string
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				key - string
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					Unique identifier for the object that was "processed"
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				time - float
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					The time to be included in the tag
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			Returns:
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				string
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					XML tag in the format that can be printed directly to a
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		"""		
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		time_string = "time"
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		if tag == "duration":
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			time_string = "duration" 
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		return "<progress:" + str(tag) + " object_type='" + str(object_type) + \
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				"' task='" + str(task) + "' key='" + str(key) + \
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				"' " + time_string + "='" + str(time) + "' />\n"
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	@classmethod
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	def extract_values(cls, source):
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		"""
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			Takes, as input, a single tag of the format returned by one of the
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					above progress functions. Will extract the attributes and
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					return them as a dictionary. Returns an empty dictionary {}
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					if the tag name is not recognised or there is a parse error
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				source - string
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					The input string from which extracted attributes are
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							required
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				dictionary
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					Dictionary containing the attributes extracted from the
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							input string. Returns an empty dictionary {} if the
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							tag name is not recognised or there is a parse error
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			NB: This function will not work correctly if the 'source' variable
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					contains multiple tags
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		"""
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		import re
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		attributes = {}
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		try:
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			match = re.match(re.compile(".*object_type='(?P<object_type>.*?)'"),
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					source)
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			attributes["object_type"] = match.group("object_type")
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		except AttributeError, e:
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			print e
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			attributes["object_type"] = ""
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		try:
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			match = re.match(re.compile(".*task='(?P<task>.*?)'"), source)
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			attributes["task"] = match.group("task")
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		except AttributeError, e:
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			print e
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			attributes["task"] = ""
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		try:
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			match = re.match(re.compile(".*key='(?P<key>.*?)'"), source)
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			attributes["key"] = match.group("key")
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		except AttributeError:
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			attributes["key"] = ""
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		try:
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			match = re.match(re.compile(".*time='(?P<time>.*?)'"), source)
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			attributes["time"] = match.group("time")
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		except AttributeError:
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			attributes["time"] = ""
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		try:
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			match = re.match(re.compile(".*count='(?P<count>.*?)'"), source)
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			attributes["count"] = match.group("count")
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		except AttributeError:
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			attributes["count"] = ""
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		return attributes