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Valentina Popescu

IBM Rational Software

TPTP Committer

[email protected]

Eclipse TPTP Profiling Web Applications with TPTP


Contents

■ Overview of TPTP■ Overview of the Profiling tools in TPTP■ What’s new for the Profiling tools in TPTP 4.2■ Demo


Eclipse TPTP Overview

■ Eclipse top level project

■ Mission is to build a generic, extensible, standards-based tool platform for test and performance tracing tools

■ Project Structure– Comprised of four projects

• Platform, Test, Trace, Monitoring– Developed by a number of strategic contributors

• Intel, IBM, Scapa Technologies, Compuware, Computer Associates, OC Systems, SAP, FOKUS

■ For more information visit http://www.eclipse.org/tptp/


TPTP Profiling tool Overview

■ Addresses the tracing and profiling phases of the application lifecycle

■ The Profiling project includes:– Frameworks for building, tracing and profiling tools

• framework has the capability of collecting and analyzing application performance information

– JavaTM Profiling tools based on JVMPI– Generic toolkit for probe creation and insertion– User interface actions to interact with your application

• Start, stop, attach, detach, run garbage collection, collect object references, filter and sort data

– Views used to analyze the profiled application• Views can be extended and customized using extension points


Profiling a WTP Web application


Attach configuration wizard – Part 1

■ Select the agents used to collect profiling information



■ Select profiling options



■ Select profiling filters– Include classes and

packages to be profiled– Exclude everything else


TPTP Profiling Views – Execution Statistics


TPTP Profiling Views – Method Invocation Details


TPTP Profiling Views – Memory statistics


What’s New in TPTP 4.2

■ Dynamic ProbeKit – Allows dynamic instrumentation

■ Technology preview :– Line level coverage– JVMTI support– Build-To-Manage toolkits


What’s New in TPTP 4.2 - continued

■ Build-To-Manage toolkits as a Technology Preview

Benefits for Developers:■ Less time spent on instrumentation■ Better diagnostic data from production■ Don’t have to become an expert on management standards

Benefits for Operators:■ Faster problem isolation■ Better transaction tracing■ More reliable application deployment


References

■ TPTP download page http://www.eclipse.org/tptp/home/downloads/downloads.php

■ TPTP Technology Preview section; available from every build’s download page http://www.eclipse.org/tptp/home/downloads/downloads.php?link=link4&ver=4.2.0

■ TPTP home page http://www.eclipse.org/tptp/

■ TPTP tutorials and demo’s http://www.eclipse.org/tptp/home/downloads/quicktour/v41/quick_tour.html

■ TPTP EclipseCon 2006 presentations http://www.eclipse.org/tptp/home/documents/conferences/eclipseCon2006/index.html

■ TPTP Eclipse corner article

http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-TPTP-Profiling-Tool/tptpProfilingArticle.html

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