Add a switch to emit browser histograms.
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1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 // StatisticsRecorder holds all Histograms and BucketRanges that are used by
6 // Histograms in the system. It provides a general place for
7 // Histograms/BucketRanges to register, and supports a global API for accessing
8 // (i.e., dumping, or graphing) the data.
10 #ifndef BASE_METRICS_STATISTICS_RECORDER_H_
11 #define BASE_METRICS_STATISTICS_RECORDER_H_
13 #include <list>
14 #include <map>
15 #include <string>
16 #include <vector>
18 #include "base/base_export.h"
19 #include "base/basictypes.h"
20 #include "base/gtest_prod_util.h"
21 #include "base/lazy_instance.h"
23 namespace base {
25 class BucketRanges;
26 class HistogramBase;
27 class Lock;
29 class BASE_EXPORT StatisticsRecorder {
30 public:
31 typedef std::vector<HistogramBase*> Histograms;
33 // Initializes the StatisticsRecorder system.
34 static void Initialize();
36 // Find out if histograms can now be registered into our list.
37 static bool IsActive();
39 // Register, or add a new histogram to the collection of statistics. If an
40 // identically named histogram is already registered, then the argument
41 // |histogram| will deleted. The returned value is always the registered
42 // histogram (either the argument, or the pre-existing registered histogram).
43 static HistogramBase* RegisterOrDeleteDuplicate(HistogramBase* histogram);
45 // Register, or add a new BucketRanges. If an identically BucketRanges is
46 // already registered, then the argument |ranges| will deleted. The returned
47 // value is always the registered BucketRanges (either the argument, or the
48 // pre-existing one).
49 static const BucketRanges* RegisterOrDeleteDuplicateRanges(
50 const BucketRanges* ranges);
52 // Methods for appending histogram data to a string. Only histograms which
53 // have |query| as a substring are written to |output| (an empty string will
54 // process all registered histograms).
55 static void WriteHTMLGraph(const std::string& query, std::string* output);
56 static void WriteGraph(const std::string& query, std::string* output);
58 // Returns the histograms with |query| as a substring as JSON text (an empty
59 // |query| will process all registered histograms).
60 static std::string ToJSON(const std::string& query);
62 // Method for extracting histograms which were marked for use by UMA.
63 static void GetHistograms(Histograms* output);
65 // Method for extracting BucketRanges used by all histograms registered.
66 static void GetBucketRanges(std::vector<const BucketRanges*>* output);
68 // Find a histogram by name. It matches the exact name. This method is thread
69 // safe. It returns NULL if a matching histogram is not found.
70 static HistogramBase* FindHistogram(const std::string& name);
72 // GetSnapshot copies some of the pointers to registered histograms into the
73 // caller supplied vector (Histograms). Only histograms with names matching
74 // query are returned. The query must be a substring of histogram name for its
75 // pointer to be copied.
76 static void GetSnapshot(const std::string& query, Histograms* snapshot);
78 private:
79 // We keep all registered histograms in a map, from name to histogram.
80 typedef std::map<std::string, HistogramBase*> HistogramMap;
82 // We keep all |bucket_ranges_| in a map, from checksum to a list of
83 // |bucket_ranges_|. Checksum is calculated from the |ranges_| in
84 // |bucket_ranges_|.
85 typedef std::map<uint32, std::list<const BucketRanges*>*> RangesMap;
87 friend struct DefaultLazyInstanceTraits<StatisticsRecorder>;
88 friend class HistogramBaseTest;
89 friend class HistogramTest;
90 friend class SparseHistogramTest;
91 friend class StatisticsRecorderTest;
92 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(HistogramDeltaSerializationTest,
93 DeserializeHistogramAndAddSamples);
95 // The constructor just initializes static members. Usually client code should
96 // use Initialize to do this. But in test code, you can friend this class and
97 // call destructor/constructor to get a clean StatisticsRecorder.
98 StatisticsRecorder();
99 ~StatisticsRecorder();
101 static void DumpHistogramsToVlog(void* instance);
103 static HistogramMap* histograms_;
104 static RangesMap* ranges_;
106 // Lock protects access to above maps.
107 static base::Lock* lock_;
109 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(StatisticsRecorder);
112 } // namespace base
114 #endif // BASE_METRICS_STATISTICS_RECORDER_H_