base/metrics/statistics_recorder.h

// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

// StatisticsRecorder holds all Histograms and BucketRanges that are used by
// Histograms in the system. It provides a general place for
// Histograms/BucketRanges to register, and supports a global API for accessing
// (i.e., dumping, or graphing) the data.

#ifndef BASE_METRICS_STATISTICS_RECORDER_H_
#define BASE_METRICS_STATISTICS_RECORDER_H_

#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "base/base_export.h"
#include "base/basictypes.h"
#include "base/gtest_prod_util.h"
#include "base/lazy_instance.h"

namespace base {

class BucketRanges;
class HistogramBase;
class Lock;

class BASE_EXPORT StatisticsRecorder {
 public:
  typedef std::vector<HistogramBase*> Histograms;

  // Initializes the StatisticsRecorder system. Safe to call multiple times.
  static void Initialize();

  // Find out if histograms can now be registered into our list.
  static bool IsActive();

  // Register, or add a new histogram to the collection of statistics. If an
  // identically named histogram is already registered, then the argument
  // |histogram| will deleted.  The returned value is always the registered
  // histogram (either the argument, or the pre-existing registered histogram).
  static HistogramBase* RegisterOrDeleteDuplicate(HistogramBase* histogram);

  // Register, or add a new BucketRanges. If an identically BucketRanges is
  // already registered, then the argument |ranges| will deleted. The returned
  // value is always the registered BucketRanges (either the argument, or the
  // pre-existing one).
  static const BucketRanges* RegisterOrDeleteDuplicateRanges(
      const BucketRanges* ranges);

  // Methods for appending histogram data to a string.  Only histograms which
  // have |query| as a substring are written to |output| (an empty string will
  // process all registered histograms).
  static void WriteHTMLGraph(const std::string& query, std::string* output);
  static void WriteGraph(const std::string& query, std::string* output);

  // Returns the histograms with |query| as a substring as JSON text (an empty
  // |query| will process all registered histograms).
  static std::string ToJSON(const std::string& query);

  // Method for extracting histograms which were marked for use by UMA.
  static void GetHistograms(Histograms* output);

  // Method for extracting BucketRanges used by all histograms registered.
  static void GetBucketRanges(std::vector<const BucketRanges*>* output);

  // Find a histogram by name. It matches the exact name. This method is thread
  // safe.  It returns NULL if a matching histogram is not found.
  static HistogramBase* FindHistogram(const std::string& name);

  // GetSnapshot copies some of the pointers to registered histograms into the
  // caller supplied vector (Histograms). Only histograms which have |query| as
  // a substring are copied (an empty string will process all registered
  // histograms).
  static void GetSnapshot(const std::string& query, Histograms* snapshot);

 private:
  // We keep all registered histograms in a map, from name to histogram.
  typedef std::map<std::string, HistogramBase*> HistogramMap;

  // We keep all |bucket_ranges_| in a map, from checksum to a list of
  // |bucket_ranges_|.  Checksum is calculated from the |ranges_| in
  // |bucket_ranges_|.
  typedef std::map<uint32, std::list<const BucketRanges*>*> RangesMap;

  friend struct DefaultLazyInstanceTraits<StatisticsRecorder>;
  friend class HistogramBaseTest;
  friend class HistogramSnapshotManagerTest;
  friend class HistogramTest;
  friend class JsonPrefStoreTest;
  friend class SparseHistogramTest;
  friend class StatisticsRecorderTest;
  FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(HistogramDeltaSerializationTest,
                           DeserializeHistogramAndAddSamples);

  // The constructor just initializes static members. Usually client code should
  // use Initialize to do this. But in test code, you can friend this class and
  // call destructor/constructor to get a clean StatisticsRecorder.
  StatisticsRecorder();
  ~StatisticsRecorder();

  static void DumpHistogramsToVlog(void* instance);

  static HistogramMap* histograms_;
  static RangesMap* ranges_;

  // Lock protects access to above maps.
  static base::Lock* lock_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(StatisticsRecorder);
};

}  // namespace base

#endif  // BASE_METRICS_STATISTICS_RECORDER_H_