private Results TestSerializerInLoop <T>(dynamic ser, int numOfObjects)
{
int sizeInBytes;
bool success;
string regeneratedObjAsJson;
var result = new Results();
// Warmup
var warmup = TestSerializer <T>(ser, 1, out sizeInBytes, out success, out regeneratedObjAsJson);
// Actual test loop
result.SerName = ser.Name();
result.ResultColumn = new List <ResultColumnEntry>();
// Serialize => Deserialize, "numOfObjects" times to average per object times
ResultColumnEntry resultEntry = TestSerializer <T>(ser, numOfObjects, out sizeInBytes, out success, out regeneratedObjAsJson);
result.ResultColumn.Add(resultEntry);
result.SizeBytes = sizeInBytes;
result.Success = success;
result.RegeneratedObjectAsJson = regeneratedObjAsJson; // for debug
result.SerializedFormObject = PrintSerializedOutput(ser); // for debug
return(result);
}
private ResultColumnEntry TestSerializer <T>(dynamic ser, int numOfObjects, out int sizeInBytes, out bool success, out string regeneratedObjAsJson)
{
var sw = new Stopwatch();
// BINARY serializers
// eg: ProtoBufs, Bin Formatter etc
if (ser.IsBinary())
{
byte[] binOutput;
sw.Reset();
sw.Start();
for (int i = 0; i < numOfObjects; i++)
{
binOutput = ser.Serialize(_originalObject);
_testObject = ser.Deserialize(binOutput);
}
sw.Stop();
// Find size outside loop to avoid timing hits
binOutput = ser.Serialize(_originalObject);
sizeInBytes = binOutput.Count();
}
// TEXT serializers
// eg. JSON, XML etc
else
{
sw.Reset();
sw.Start();
for (int i = 0; i < numOfObjects; i++)
{
string strOutput = ser.Serialize(_originalObject);
_testObject = ser.Deserialize(strOutput);
}
sw.Stop();
// Find size outside loop to avoid timing hits
// Size as bytes for UTF-8 as it's most common on internet
var encoding = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();
byte[] strInBytes = encoding.GetBytes(ser.Serialize(_originalObject));
sizeInBytes = strInBytes.Count();
}
var entry = new ResultColumnEntry();
entry.Iteration = numOfObjects;
long avgTicks = sw.Elapsed.Ticks / numOfObjects;
if (avgTicks == 0)
{
// sometime when running windows inside a VM this is 0! Possible vm issue?
//Debugger.Break();
}
entry.Time = new TimeSpan(avgTicks);
// Debug: To aid printing to screen, human debugging etc. Json used as best for console presentation
var jsonSer = new JsonNet <T>();
string orignalObjectAsJson = JsonHelper.FormatJson(jsonSer.Serialize(_originalObject));
regeneratedObjAsJson = JsonHelper.FormatJson(jsonSer.Serialize(_testObject));
success = true;
if (orignalObjectAsJson != regeneratedObjAsJson)
{
Console.WriteLine(">>>> {0} FAILED <<<<", ser.GetName());
Console.WriteLine("\tOriginal and regenerated objects differ !!");
Console.WriteLine("\tRegenerated objects is:");
Console.WriteLine(regeneratedObjAsJson);
success = false;
}
return(entry);
}