Tracking action execution time in ASP.Net MVC
José M. Pérez / June 21, 2010
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Using filter attributes we can add features to our actions or controllers easily. In this case, I have implemented an action filter attribute that stores how much time has taken to execute an action.
public class TrackTimeFilter : ActionFilterAttribute
{
Stopwatch stopWatch;
public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
{
stopWatch = new Stopwatch();
stopWatch.Start();
}
public override void OnResultExecuted(ResultExecutedContext filterContext)
{
stopWatch.Stop();
Log(filterContext.RouteData, stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds);
}
private void Log(RouteData routeData, long time)
{
var controllerName = routeData.Values["controller"];
var actionName = routeData.Values["action"];
ElapsedTime.InsertEntity(time, controllerName + "." + actionName);
}
}
Here we have used Stopwatch to accurately measure the time from the moment the action starts its execution to the moment when a return is made (usually to start rendering the view).
ElapsedTime is a static class that stores the measures, so that we can see the times (I use a Asp.Net MVC view that runs through the values and shows the grouped times.
public static class ElapsedTime
{
public static Dictionary IdentifiedElapseds = new Dictionary();
public static void InsertEntity(long milliseconds, string identifier)
{
lock (IdentifiedElapseds)
{
ElapsedTimeEntity entry;
if (!IdentifiedElapseds.TryGetValue(identifier, out entry))
{
entry = new ElapsedTimeEntity();
IdentifiedElapseds.Add(identifier, entry);
}
entry.LastTime = milliseconds;
entry.LastDate = DateTime.UtcNow;
entry.TotalTime += milliseconds;
entry.Count++;
if (milliseconds < entry.MinTime)
entry.MinTime = milliseconds; entry.MinDate = DateTime.UtcNow;
if (milliseconds > entry.MaxTime)
entry.MaxTime = milliseconds; entry.MaxDate = DateTime.UtcNow;
}
}
}
public class ElapsedTimeEntity
{
public long LastTime = 0;
public long TotalTime = 0;
public int Count = 0;
public long MinTime = long.MaxValue;
public long MaxTime = long.MinValue;
public double Average
{
get { return (TotalTime / Count); }
}
public DateTime MinDate;
public DateTime MaxDate;
public DateTime LastDate;