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I have an application with multiple threads that may be run on different hardware. To assist with tuning on different hardware I would like to create a "profiler" that can automatically run a fixed amount of data through using different numbers of threads.

I've thought of several ways of implementing this:

  1. It's a test, so put it in with the unit tests
  2. It's also a part of the app, so make it part of the top level class running the app
  3. It's a helper, so create entirely new class Profiler

I'm leaning toward option 2, because I think it is simplest to implement and seems to fit in well. Anyone have any other ideas or comments?

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Is this operating system specific or agnostic? Because there are many OS specific tools that do this that you could include with your app. – Nick Berardi Jan 25 '11 at 17:57
It's Java - system agnostic – Michael K Jan 25 '11 at 18:02

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IMHO I would lean towards option 3 as it allows you to keep your separation of concerns intact. In addition I would build out the profiler as its own entity so that it could get used across other projects/applications if need be.

While you shouldn't build for the unknown; building yourself into a corner via tight coupling is something you want to avoid as well.

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+1: It's not a "test", since it's not a pass/fail situation. It's not the main app. It's another app in the package. – S.Lott Jan 25 '11 at 20:20

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