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#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
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# Log4perl Benchmarks
# Mike Schilli, 2008 (m@perlmeister.com)
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use strict;
use Benchmark qw(timeit timestr);
use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy);
use Sysadm::Install qw(:all);
use Data::Dumper;
use File::Temp qw(tempfile);

my($tmp_fh, $tmp_file) = tempfile( UNLINK => 1 );

my $nof_tests = 100000;

print "sp=suppressed w=watch sc=subcategory\n\n";

for my $watch (0, 1) {
    test_init({ level => "DEBUG", watch => $watch });
    run("sp0 sc0 w$watch", \&debug_logger);

    test_init({ level => "ERROR", watch => $watch });
    run("sp1 sc0 w$watch", \&debug_logger);

    test_init({ level => "DEBUG", watch => $watch });
    run("sp0 sc1 w$watch", \&subcat_logger);

    test_init({ level => "ERROR", watch => $watch });
    run("sp1 sc1 w$watch", \&subcat_logger);
}

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sub run {
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    my($name, $sub) = @_;

    my $t = timeit(1, $sub);
    printf "$name: %8.0f per sec\n", $nof_tests/$t->[1];
}

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sub test_init {
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    my($opts) = @_;

    my $conf = qq{
        log4perl.logger = $opts->{level}, testapp
        log4perl.appender.testapp       = Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestBuffer
        log4perl.appender.testapp.layout= SimpleLayout
    };

    if($opts->{watch}) {
        blurt $conf, $tmp_file;
        Log::Log4perl->init_and_watch( $tmp_file );
    } else {
        Log::Log4perl->init( \$conf );
    }
}

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sub debug_logger {
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    my $logger = get_logger("");

    for(1..$nof_tests) {
        $logger->debug( "message" );
    }
}

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sub subcat_logger {
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    my $logger = get_logger("a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.i.j.k");

    for(1..$nof_tests) {
        $logger->debug( "message" );
    }
}