Hey guys,

Great job.
First feedbacks seem really nice.

Jean-Louis


Le 16 avril 2012 01:38, Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]> a écrit :

> hmm,
>
> thinking a bit of it we have a nice default behavior = implicit scanning
> for rest so i guess we can avoid link by default.
>
> still to avoid it we can use web.xml...
>
> so a flag for tck should be enough....but if you do so some tests need to
> be fixed.
>
> - Romain
>
>
> 2012/4/16 David Blevins <[email protected]>
>
> > Ok, fixed the getAnnotatedClasses() bug.  Added XBEAN-206 and more code
> > like it to JarArchive.
> >
> > As well i've split out the 'link()' method so we can see the times of the
> > related functionality:
> >
> > 2.87 = scan
> > 1.62 = linkSubclasses
> > 4.05 = linkImplementations
> > 0.03 = linkMetaAnnotations
> > 8.57 = total
> >
> > (times are in seconds)
> >
> > Most the cost is linkImplementations for enabling 'findImplementations'
> > methods, which we don't even use.  So those can easily go without debate.
> >
> > The linkMetaAnnotations call is negligible, even still, we could only
> call
> > it if there are meta-annotations in the app.  We can happily disable that
> > unless it's needed.
> >
> > That leaves linkSubclasses which at the very least should be disableable.
> >
> >
> > -David
> >
> >
> > On Apr 15, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau wrote:
> >
> > > added a patch: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XBEAN-206
> > >
> > > can you test it against your mini bench please?
> > >
> > > - Romain
> > >
> > >
> > > 2012/4/15 Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]>
> > >
> > >> Hi David,
> > >>
> > >> for me only 1 should be done.
> > >>
> > >> well, i didnt understand the whole mail: why do we need to browse the
> > zip
> > >> file multiple times? only for the getbytecode method? i think we can
> get
> > >> rid of multiple scannings and keep the link() features. Another point
> is
> > >> getAnnotatedClasses() should be able to return sthg even when link()
> was
> > >> not called.
> > >>
> > >> If the zip parsing is badly done by the jre (if it doesn't use fseek
> for
> > >> instance) we simply have to rewrite it.
> > >>
> > >> well in
> > org.apache.xbean.finder.archive.JarArchive.JarIterator#JarIterator
> > >> why Jarfile is not used when possible?
> > >>
> > >> - Romain
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 2012/4/15 David Blevins <[email protected]>
> > >>
> > >>> (decision and 4 choices at the bottom -- feedback requested)
> > >>>
> > >>> I did some studying of the zip file format and determined that part
> of
> > >>> the reworked xbean-finder Archive API was plain wrong.
> > >>>
> > >>> Using maps as an analogy here is how we were effectively scanning
> zips
> > >>> (jars):
> > >>>
> > >>>   "Style A"
> > >>>
> > >>>   Map<String, InputStream> zip = new HashMap<String, InputStream>();
> > >>>   for (String entryName : zip.keySet()) {
> > >>>       InputStream inputStream = zip.get(entryName);
> > >>>       // scan the stream
> > >>>   }
> > >>>
> > >>> While there is some indexing in a zip file in what is called the
> > central
> > >>> directory, it isn't nearly good enough to support this type of random
> > >>> access.  The actual reading is done in C code when a zip file is
> > randomly
> > >>> accessed in this way, but basically it seems about as slow as
> starting
> > at
> > >>> the beginning of a stream and reading ahead in the stream until the
> > index
> > >>> is hit and then reading for "real".  I doubt it's doing exactly that
> > as in
> > >>> C code you should be able to start in the middle of a file, but let's
> > put
> > >>> it this way... at the very minimum you are reading the Central
> > Directory
> > >>> each and every single random access.
> > >>>
> > >>> I've reworked the Archive API so that when you iterate over it, you
> > >>> iterate over actual entries.  Using map again as an analogy it looks
> > like
> > >>> this now:
> > >>>
> > >>>   "Style B"
> > >>>
> > >>>   for (Map.Entry<String, InputStream> entry : zip.entrySet()) {
> > >>>       String className = entry.getKey();
> > >>>       InputStream inputStream = entry.getValue();
> > >>>       // scan the stream
> > >>>   }
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Using Altassian Confluence as a driver to benchmark only the call to
> > 'new
> > >>> AnnotationFinder(archive)' which is where our scanning happens, here
> > are
> > >>> the results before (style A) and after (style b):
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> StyleA: 8.89s - 9.02s
> > >>> StyleB: 3.33s - 3.52s
> > >>>
> > >>> Now unfortunately the 'link()' call used to resolve parent classes
> that
> > >>> are not in the jars scanned as well as to resolve meta-annotations
> > still
> > >>> needs the StyleA random access.  These things don't involve going in
> > "jar
> > >>> order", but definitely are random access.  With the new and improved
> > code
> > >>> that scans Confluence at around 3.4s, here is the time with 'link()'
> > added
> > >>>
> > >>> StyleB scan + StyleA link: 15.61s - 15.75s
> > >>>
> > >>> That link() call adds another 12 seconds.  Roughly equivalent to the
> > cost
> > >>> of 4 more scans.
> > >>>
> > >>> So the good news is we don't need the link.  We very much like the
> > link,
> > >>> but we don't need the link for Java EE 6 certification.  We have two
> > very
> > >>> excellent features associated with that linking.
> > >>>
> > >>> - Meta-Annotations
> > >>> - Discovery JAX-RS of non-annotated Application subclasses
> (Application
> > >>> is a concrete class you subclass, like HttpServlet)
> > >>>
> > >>> We have more or less 4 kinds of choices on how we deal with this:
> > >>>
> > >>> 1. Link() is always called.  (always slow, extra features always
> > enabled)
> > >>> 2. Link() can be disabled but is enabled by default.   (slow,
> > w/optional
> > >>> fast flag, extra features enabled by default)
> > >>> 3. Link() can be enabled but is disabled by default.   (fast,
> > w/optional
> > >>> slow flag, extra features disabled by default)
> > >>> 4. Link is never enabled.  (always fast, extra features permanently
> > >>> disabled)
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Thoughts, preferences?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> -David
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> >
>

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