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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2009 Plain Black Corporation.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
+# (docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
+# this software.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# http://www.plainblack.com                     info@plainblack.com
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+use strict;
+use File::Basename ();
+use File::Spec;
+
+my $webguiRoot;
+BEGIN {
+    $webguiRoot = File::Spec->rel2abs(File::Spec->catdir(File::Basename::dirname(__FILE__), File::Spec->updir));
+    unshift @INC, File::Spec->catdir($webguiRoot, 'lib');
+}
+
+$|++; # disable output buffering
+
+our ($configFile, $help, $man, $class);
+use Pod::Usage;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use WebGUI::Session;
+
+# Get parameters here, including $help
+GetOptions(
+    'configFile=s'  => \$configFile,
+    'help'          => \$help,
+    'man'           => \$man,
+    'class=s'       => \$class,
+);
+
+pod2usage( verbose => 1 ) if $help;
+pod2usage( verbose => 2 ) if $man;
+pod2usage( msg => "Must specify a config file!" ) unless $configFile;  
+
+foreach my $libDir ( readLines( "preload.custom" ) ) {
+    if ( !-d $libDir ) {
+        warn "WARNING: Not adding lib directory '$libDir' from preload.custom: Directory does not exist.\n";
+        next;
+    }
+    unshift @INC, $libDir;
+}
+
+my $session = start( $webguiRoot, $configFile );
+
+open(my $null, ">:utf8","/dev/null");
+$session->output->setHandle($null);
+
+printf "%22s\t\%18s\t%12s\t%s\n", 'Asset ID', 'Instanciate Time', 'Render Time','URL'; 
+
+my $count = 0;
+my $sth = $session->db->read("select assetId from asset where className=? and state='published'",[$class]);
+while (my ($id) = $sth->array) {
+    $count++;
+    print $id;
+    
+    # check instanciation time
+    my $t = [Time::HiRes::gettimeofday];
+    my $asset = eval { WebGUI::Asset->new($session, $id, $class)};
+    if (!defined $asset || $@) {
+	my $url = $session->db->quickScalar("select url from assetData where assetId=? order by revisionDate desc",[$id]); 
+        print "\tbad asset: $@ \t url: $url \n"; 
+        next;
+    }
+    my $instanciation = Time::HiRes::tv_interval($t);
+    
+    # set the default asset for those things that need it
+    $session->asset($asset);
+
+    # check render time
+    $t = [Time::HiRes::gettimeofday];
+    eval {my $junk = $asset->www_view};
+    my $rendering = Time::HiRes::tv_interval($t);
+    if ($@) {
+        $rendering = $@;
+    }
+
+    # get the url
+    my $url =  $asset->getValue("url"); 
+    
+    # output the results
+    printf "\t%18.4f\t%12.4f\t%s\n", $instanciation, $rendering ,$url; 
+}
+
+close($null);
+
+print "Total assets: $count\n";
+
+
+finish($session);
+
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub start {
+    my $webguiRoot  = shift;
+    my $configFile  = shift;
+    my $session = WebGUI::Session->open($webguiRoot,$configFile);
+    $session->user({userId=>3});
+
+    return $session;
+}
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub finish {
+    my $session = shift;
+
+    $session->var->end;
+    $session->close;
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------
+sub readLines {
+    my $file = shift;
+    my @lines;
+    if (open(my $fh, '<', $file)) {
+        while (my $line = <$fh>) {
+            $line =~ s/#.*//;
+            $line =~ s/^\s+//;
+            $line =~ s/\s+$//;
+            next if !$line;
+            push @lines, $line;
+        }
+        close $fh;
+    }
+    return @lines;
+}
+
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+classLoadTest.pl -- Test a single class performance
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ classLoadTest.pl --configFile config.conf --class=<>
+
+ classLoadTest.pl --help
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This script will test the time it takes to instanciate and view all the 
+assets of a particular class from the given site.
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over
+
+=item B<--configFile config.conf>
+
+The WebGUI config file to use. Only the file name needs to be specified,
+since it will be looked up inside WebGUI's configuration directory.
+This parameter is required.
+
+=item B<--class>
+
+The full class name of the asset to test. Something like WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::Layout
+or WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::Navigation.
+
+=item B<--help>
+
+Shows a short summary and usage
+
+=item B<--man>
+
+Shows this document
+
+=back
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Copyright 2001-2009 Plain Black Corporation.
+
+=cut
+
+#vim:ft=perl
+