NullCounters

Dummy implementation of performance counters.

Inherits: ICounters

Description

The NullCounters class allows you to create dummy performance counters.

Important points

It can be used in testing or in situations when a counter is required but must be disabled.

Instance methods

BeginTiming

Begins measurement of execution time interval. It returns CounterTiming object which has to be called at CounterTiming.EndTiming to end the measurement and update the counter.

public CounterTiming BeginTiming(string name)

name: string - a counter name of Interval type.
returns: CounterTiming - a callback object to end timing.

Increment

Increments counter by given value.

public void Increment(string name, int value)

name: string - counter’s name of Increment type.
value: int - value to add to the counter.

IncrementOne

Increments a counter by 1.

public void IncrementOne(string name)

name: string - counter’s name of Increment type.

Last

Records the last calculated measurement value. Usually this method is used by metrics calculated externally.

public void Last(string name, float value)

name: string - counter’s name of Last type.
value: float - last value to record.

Stats

Calculates min/average/max statistics based on the current and previous values.

public void Stats(string name, float value)

name: string - counter’s name of Statistics type
value: float - value to update statistics

Timestamp

Records the given timestamp.

public void Timestamp(string name, DateTime value)

name: string - counter’s name of Timestamp type.
value: Date - timestamp to record.

timestampNow

Records the current time as a timestamp.

public void timestampNow(string name)

name: string - counter’s name of Timestamp type.