Name: skT45625 Date: 06/09/2000


java version "1.3beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3beta-O)
Java(TM) HotSpot Client VM (build 1.3beta-O-release, 1.3beta-O-release,
interpreted mode)


It would be useful for the java -Xprof and -Xrunhprof options to output
profiling data in the form of an XML document, for ease of automatic analysis.
This would make "profile parsers" trivial and easy to maintain, and it would
even allow graceful degradation in ability to interpret the file format (if
appropriate).

In the case of -Xrunhprof this could generate very large output files. However,
because of the repetitive nature of XML, it is highly suited to compression,
e.g. by gzipping or by some other method.

Another alternative for accomplishing the same goal would be to output binary
format data, but to provide a simple API for reading this back in for analysis.
(Review ID: 105962)
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