note
	description: "Testing class to benchmark the speed of the Eiffel parser."
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"

class
	EIFFEL_PARSER_TESTER

feature -- Basic Operations

	run_test (a_parser: TEST_EIFFEL_PARSER; a_source: STRING; a_source_id: STRING; a_error: NATURAL_8): PARSE_TEST_RESULT
			-- Run parser test on source test `a_source', using parser `a_parser', with initialized parser and return a test result.
			-- `a_error' dictates how many parses to perform. `a_frozen' indicates to test frozen parser also.
		require
			a_parser_attached: a_parser /= Void
			a_source_id_attached: a_source_id /= Void
			not_a_source_id_is_empty: not a_source_id.is_empty
			a_a_source_id_attached: a_source_id /= Void
			not_a_source_id_is_empty: not a_source_id.is_empty
			a_error_positive: a_error > 0
		local
			l_ticks: REAL_64
			i: INTEGER
		do
			start_time.make_now
			from i := 0 until i = a_error loop
				a_parser.parse (a_source)
				i := i + 1
			end
			end_time.make_now
			l_ticks := (end_time.relative_duration (start_time).fine_seconds_count) / a_error
			create Result.make (a_source_id, l_ticks, a_parser.successful, a_parser.identity)
		ensure
			result_attached: Result /= Void
		end

	run_test_with_file (a_parser: TEST_EIFFEL_PARSER; a_fn: STRING; a_error: NATURAL_8): PARSE_TEST_RESULT
			-- Run parser test on file `a_fn', using parser `a_parser', with initialized parser and return a test result.
			-- `a_error' dictates how many parses to perform. `a_frozen' indicates to test frozen parser also.
		require
			a_parser_attached: a_parser /= Void
			a_fn_attached: a_fn /= Void
			not_a_fn_is_empty: not a_fn.is_empty
			a_fn_exists: (create {RAW_FILE}.make (a_fn)).exists
			a_error_positive: a_error > 0
		local
			l_ticks: REAL_64
			i: INTEGER
		do
			start_time.make_now
			from i := 0 until i = a_error loop
				a_parser.parse_file (a_fn)
				i := i + 1
			end
			end_time.make_now
			l_ticks := (end_time.relative_duration (start_time).fine_seconds_count) / a_error
			create Result.make (a_fn, l_ticks, a_parser.successful, a_parser.identity)
		ensure
			result_attached: Result /= Void
		end

feature {NONE} -- Timing

	start_time, end_time: TIME
			-- Time used for computation
		once
			create Result.make_now
		end

note
	copyright:	"Copyright (c) 1984-2009, Eiffel Software"
	license:	"GPL version 2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/gpl.txt)"
	licensing_options:	"http://www.eiffel.com/licensing"
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end -- class {EIFFEL_PARSER_TESTER}