Dear Guru (and tptp-dev) I would like to start building a profiling tool for a University project on top of the latest JVMTI profiler in TPTP 4.4.
I would like some pointers as to the APIs I will need to use. The project's aim is to create a tool that will allow a programmer to specify rules about a program's resources (such as time, memory, object count etc) and have these rules evaluated during a profiling session of an application. To do this I will need to instrument the application's bytecode to track resources and record program events such as method entry and exits. I need to understand the Agent Controller / TPTP architecture to be able to start creating this tool. I am unsure whether I will be able to this in straight Java, utilising the TPTP SDKs or whether I will need to extend the Agent Controller. * How exactly does the current Eclipse JVMTI profiler work? Is there any documentation describing its design and implementation? How much of the profiling logic is specified in the Eclipse plugin? * Can I direct bytecode instrumentation via a Java API which is then relayed to the Agent Controller or does the agent controller decide how to instrument the program? * Is there any example code using the TPTP 4.4 APIs that I could learn from? * Is Javadoc available for the 4.4 public API? I have not found anything currently? * Does anyone have any immediate thoughts about the project? Useful pointers, example code etc? I appreciate any help. I think this work will be good for TPTP, I may be able to give useful feedback (or even code patches) based on the work which would help the project. Thanks in advance. Neil Dunn (Imperial College London) _______________________________________________ tptp-tracing-profiling-tools-dev mailing list tptp-tracing-profiling-tools-dev@eclipse.org https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/tptp-tracing-profiling-tools-dev
