NAME Aspect::Library::Profiler - reusable method call profiling aspect SYNOPSIS # profile all subs on SlowObject aspect Profiler => call qr/^SlowObject::/; # will be profiled SlowObject->foo; # will not FastObject->bar; SUPER Aspect::Modular DESCRIPTION This class implements a reusable aspect that profiles subroutine calls. It uses "Benchmark::Timer" to profile elapsed times for your calls to the affected methods. The profiling report will be printed to "STDERR" at the end of program execution. The design comes from "Attribute::Profiled" by Tatsuhiko Miyagawa. WHY +-------------+ | A | +-------------+ | X -> Y <- Z | +-^-----------+ Suppose you want to profile some code, call it "X", part of a larger program, called "A". So you run your program under a profiler, and notice most of the time is spent not in "X", but in "Y". "X" uses "Y", but so does "Z". You only want to profile how "X" uses "Y", not how "Z" uses "Y". This is where this aspect can help- you can install a profiling aspect with a "cflow()" pointcut, to profile only usage of "Y" by code in the call flow of "X". SEE ALSO See the Aspect pods for a guide to the Aspect module. You can find an example of using this aspect in the "examples/" directory of the distribution. BUGS AND LIMITATIONS No bugs have been reported. Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at . SUPPORT Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at . INSTALLATION See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl modules. AVAILABILITY The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit to find a CPAN site near you. Or see . AUTHORS Adam Kennedy Marcel Grünauer Ran Eilam COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2001 by Marcel Grünauer. Some parts copyright 2009 - 2010 Adam Kennedy. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.