public static void MonitorRate(string counterInstanceName, long samplevalue, System.Type lockType, bool isMonitoringActive)
{
try
{
// access counter in hashlist if it is there, else null
CounterBase counter = (CounterBase)PerformanceCounterFacade.Counters[counterInstanceName];
// allocate counter if needed
RateCounter rateCounter = (RateCounter)PerformanceCounterFacade.SetCounter(lockType, ref counter, "Rate", counterInstanceName, isMonitoringActive);
if (rateCounter != null)
{
rateCounter.AddSampleValue(samplevalue);
}
// persist static, threadsafe counter (null if perf monitoring off) for reuse by validator instances
PerformanceCounterFacade.Counters[counterInstanceName] = rateCounter;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
NameValueCollection nvc = new NameValueCollection(2);
nvc.Add("Method", "MonitorRate");
nvc.Add("Probable cause", "PerfCounters not registered or wrong category in config file");
new LoggableException(ex, nvc);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Synchonize creation and destruction of performance counter references
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pc">reference to perfcounter variable from caller</param>
/// <param name="counterType">underlying perf counter type for which new instance might be created</param>
/// <param name="instancename">instance name to be assigned for new counter instance</param>
/// <param name="si">sampling interval for new instance</param>
/// <param name="estsamplesize">estimated initial sample size</param>
/// <returns>true if perf counter ref is non null and monitoring should be done</returns>
/// <remarks>This was done in order to have monitoring respond to config setting and dynamically allocate
/// and deallocate performance counters according to the setting. It also keeps a lot of
/// potentially messy code in one place</remarks>
public static CounterBase SetCounter(Type senderType, ref CounterBase pc, string counterType, string instancename, bool isMonitoringOn)
{
// if they should continue not monitoring then exit
if (!isMonitoringOn && pc == null)
{
return(null);
}
// if they should continue monitoring then exit
if (isMonitoringOn && pc != null)
{
return(pc);
}
// either they are monitoring and should stop or they aren't and they should start
CounterBase newpc = null;
if (isMonitoringOn)
{
if (pc == null)
{
switch (counterType)
{
case "SimpleCounter":
newpc = new SimpleCounter(instancename);
break;
case "Average":
newpc = new AverageCounter(instancename);
break;
case "Percent":
newpc = new PercentCounter(instancename);
break;
case "AverageResponse":
newpc = new AverageResponseTimeCounter(instancename);
break;
case "Rate":
newpc = new RateCounter(instancename);
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}
// since perf counters are static shared objects we must lock
lock (senderType)
{
// change their monitoring state from on to off or from off to on
if (newpc == null)
{
pc.theCounter.RemoveInstance();
}
pc = newpc;
}
return(newpc);
}
