FOP 0.20.4 & 5rc timing w large COMMENT sections

[Clay Leeds]

Sorry for the re-post. I'd neglected to include some information on the XML file info summary for the un-commented version. I've included it, as well as a summary of the FOP .4 & .5rc rendering times. You can delete the previous post.

:-)

Howdy folks,

I have a file where I've commented a fairly large section of my source
XML file (commented areas affect FLOW content--so it won't print out so
many darn pages! :-). I've found significant discrepancies involving the
timing of outputting the commented version vs. the uncommented version.

The intention of this message is to give a heads up (and hopefully
initiate discussion) that there may be discrepancies in rendering time
vs. actual output time when dealing with large comment sections.

Respectfully,

Web Maestro Clay

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XML file & timing summary:

COMMENTED version (1 page of output):
FILENAME - test_NCWC_sm_1.1.XML
FILESIZE - 240 KB (246,218 bytes)
0.20.4 TIME: ~01:05 (actual)
0.20.4 TIME: 2000ms (reported rendering time)

0.20.5rc TIME: ~00:58 (actual)
0.20.5rc TIME: 1687ms (reported rendering time)

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UN-COMMENTED version (5 pages of output):
FILENAME - test_NCWC_1.1.XML
FILESIZE - 240 KB (246,213 bytes)
0.20.4 TIME: ~00:15 (actual)
0.20.4 TIME: 2000ms (reported rendering time)

0.20.5rc TIME: ~00:09 (actual)
0.20.5rc TIME: 8344ms (reported rendering time)

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When I processed the COMMENTED version of the file--which printed out a
1 page document--it took 01:05 (1 minute 5 seconds) watching the system
clock, but the DOS output showed ~2000ms:

C:\Program Files\Java\fop-0.20.4>fop -d -xml
C:\xml_med7\biglinux\test_NCWC_sm_1.1.XML -xsl
C:\xml_med7\fo\xml_med7_default.fo -pdf 030123_NCWC_sm_1.1.pdf
[DEBUG] Input mode:
[DEBUG] xslt transformation
[DEBUG] xml input file: C:\xml_med7\biglinux\test_NCWC_sm_1.1.XML
[DEBUG] xslt stylesheet: C:\xml_med7\fo\xml_med7_default.fo
[DEBUG] Output mode:
[DEBUG] pdf
[DEBUG] output file: 030123_NCWC_sm_1.1.pdf
[DEBUG] OPTIONS
[DEBUG] no user configuration file is used [default]
[DEBUG] debug mode on
[DEBUG] dump configuration
[DEBUG] quiet mode on
[DEBUG] Using org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser
[DEBUG] base directory: file:/C:/xml_med7/biglinux/
[INFO] FOP 0.20.4
[DEBUG] Using org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser
[INFO] building formatting object tree
[DEBUG] setting up fonts
[INFO] [1]
[DEBUG] Last page-sequence produced 1 pages.
[INFO] Parsing of document complete, stopping renderer
[DEBUG] Initial heap size: 2525Kb
[DEBUG] Current heap size: 3641Kb
[DEBUG] Total memory used: 1115Kb
[DEBUG] Memory use is indicative; no GC was performed
[DEBUG] These figures should not be used comparatively
[DEBUG] Total time used: 2000ms
[DEBUG] Pages rendered: 1
[DEBUG] Avg render time: 2000ms/page

C:\Program Files\Java\fop-0.20.4>

====

It took 2 seconds of rendering time compared to 65 seconds of time taken
from command line [Enter] to FOP output completion. But when I run the
normal un-COMMENTED version, it now took 15 seconds. However, the DOS
window showed:

C:\Program Files\Java\fop-0.20.4>fop -d -xml
C:\xml_med7\biglinux\test_NCWC_1.1.XML -xsl
C:\xml_med7\fo\xml_med7_default.fo -pdf 030123_NCWC_1.1.pdf
[DEBUG] Input mode:
[DEBUG] xslt transformation
[DEBUG] xml input file: C:\xml_med7\biglinux\test_NCWC_1.1.XML
[DEBUG] xslt stylesheet: C:\xml_med7\fo\xml_med7_default.fo
[DEBUG] Output mode:
[DEBUG] pdf
[DEBUG] output file: 030123_NCWC_1.1.pdf
[DEBUG] OPTIONS
[DEBUG] no user configuration file is used [default]
[DEBUG] debug mode on
[DEBUG] dump configuration
[DEBUG] quiet mode on
[DEBUG] Using org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser
[DEBUG] base directory: file:/C:/xml_med7/biglinux/
[INFO] FOP 0.20.4
[DEBUG] Using org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser
[INFO] building formatting object tree
[DEBUG] setting up fonts
[INFO] [1]
[INFO] [2]
[INFO] [3]
[INFO] [4]
[INFO] [5]
[DEBUG] Last page-sequence produced 5 pages.
[INFO] Parsing of document complete, stopping renderer
[DEBUG] Initial heap size: 2666Kb
[DEBUG] Current heap size: 15561Kb
[DEBUG] Total memory used: 12894Kb
[DEBUG] Memory use is indicative; no GC was performed
[DEBUG] These figures should not be used comparatively
[DEBUG] Total time used: 9609ms
[DEBUG] Pages rendered: 5
[DEBUG] Avg render time: 1921ms/page

C:\Program Files\Java\fop-0.20.4>

====

Both times it appeared to "hang" on "[DEBUG] Using
org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser".

In FOP's defense, I noticed the last line refers to "Avg render time:"

BTW, I also tried this with 0.20.5rc and here're my results.

COMMENTED version (00:58 seconds):

C:\Program Files\Java\fop-0.20.5rc>fop -d -xml
C:\xml_med7\biglinux\test_NCWC_sm_1.1.XML -xsl
C:\xml_med7\fo\xml_med7_default.fo -pdf 030123_NCWC_sm_1.1.pdf
[DEBUG] Input mode:
[DEBUG] xslt transformation
[DEBUG] xml input file: C:\xml_med7\biglinux\test_NCWC_sm_1.1.XML
[DEBUG] xslt stylesheet: C:\xml_med7\fo\xml_med7_default.fo
[DEBUG] Output mode:
[DEBUG] pdf
[DEBUG] output file: 030123_NCWC_sm_1.1.pdf
[DEBUG] OPTIONS
[DEBUG] no user configuration file is used [default]
[DEBUG] debug mode on
[DEBUG] dump configuration
[DEBUG] quiet mode on
[INFO] Using org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser
[INFO] base directory: file:/C:/xml_med7/biglinux/
[INFO] FOP 0.20.5rc
[INFO] Using org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser
[INFO] building formatting object tree
[INFO] setting up fonts
[INFO] [1]
[DEBUG] Last page-sequence produced 1 pages.
[INFO] Parsing of document complete, stopping renderer
[DEBUG] Initial heap size: 3674Kb
[DEBUG] Current heap size: 4765Kb
[DEBUG] Total memory used: 1090Kb
[DEBUG] Memory use is indicative; no GC was performed
[DEBUG] These figures should not be used comparatively
[DEBUG] Total time used: 1687ms
[DEBUG] Pages rendered: 1
[DEBUG] Avg render time: 1687ms/page

C:\Program Files\Java\fop-0.20.5rc>

====

UNCOMMENTED version (00:09 seconds):

C:\Program Files\Java\fop-0.20.5rc>fop -d -xml
C:\xml_med7\biglinux\test_NCWC_1.1.XML -xsl
C:\xml_med7\fo\xml_med7_default.fo -pdf 030123_NCWC_1.1.pdf
[DEBUG] Input mode:
[DEBUG] xslt transformation
[DEBUG] xml input file: C:\xml_med7\biglinux\test_NCWC_1.1.XML
[DEBUG] xslt stylesheet: C:\xml_med7\fo\xml_med7_default.fo
[DEBUG] Output mode:
[DEBUG] pdf
[DEBUG] output file: 030123_NCWC_1.1.pdf
[DEBUG] OPTIONS
[DEBUG] no user configuration file is used [default]
[DEBUG] debug mode on
[DEBUG] dump configuration
[DEBUG] quiet mode on
[INFO] Using org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser
[INFO] base directory: file:/C:/xml_med7/biglinux/
[INFO] FOP 0.20.5rc
[INFO] Using org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser
[INFO] building formatting object tree
[INFO] setting up fonts
[INFO] [1]
[INFO] [2]
[INFO] [3]
[INFO] [4]
[INFO] [5]
[DEBUG] Last page-sequence produced 5 pages.
[INFO] Parsing of document complete, stopping renderer
[DEBUG] Initial heap size: 3384Kb
[DEBUG] Current heap size: 13805Kb
[DEBUG] Total memory used: 10421Kb
[DEBUG] Memory use is indicative; no GC was performed
[DEBUG] These figures should not be used comparatively
[DEBUG] Total time used: 8344ms
[DEBUG] Pages rendered: 5
[DEBUG] Avg render time: 1668ms/page

C:\Program Files\Java\fop-0.20.5rc>

====

As you can see, the 0.20.5rc output is significantly quicker (the DOS
output window for the UNCOMMENTED version virtually matched the actual
processing time 8344ms vs ~9 secs). However, the COMMENTED version
difference was significant.

Any thoughts?

Web Maestro Clay



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