The Profiler command in the JADE User Interrupt submenu enables you to record actual and total times spent in JADE methods in an application.
Selecting the Start command starts the recording of times spent in JADE methods during the running of the selected application. These statistics continue to be recorded to memory until you terminate the application or you select the Stop command or the Report command.
The profile statistics are output to a file only when you select the Report command.
The statistics are cleared from memory when you perform one of the following actions.
Select the Reset command.
Report the profile statistics to file, by selecting the Report command.
To access the Profiler submenu
Select the Profiler command.
The Profiler submenu, containing commands that control the recording of your application profile statistics, is then displayed. Use these commands to optimize your JADE code, by analyzing the performance of your JADE methods.
The Profiler submenu commands are listed in the following table.
| Method | Description | For details, see… |
|---|---|---|
| Start | Starts the capture of profile statistics for the selected application | Starting the Recording of Profile Statistics |
| Stop | Stops the capture of profile statistics for the selected application | Stopping the Recording of Profile Statistics |
| Reset | Clears profile statistics | Clearing Profile Statistics |
| Report | Outputs profile information about time spent in JADE methods to a file | Reporting Profile Statistics |
For details, see the following subsections.
In the JADE development environment, you can use system methods provided by the