ADOBE® FLEX® BUILDER™ 3: USING ADOBE FLEX BUILDER 3

ADOBE FLEX BUILDER 3

Using Adobe Flex Builder 3

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The following example shows the Callee Instances table of the Object Statistics view:

The following table describes the fields in the Callee Instances table of the Object Statistics view:

Using the Performance Profile view

The Performance Profile view is the primary view to use when doing performance profiling. It shows statistics such

as number of calls, self-time, and cumulative time for the methods that are called during a particular sampling

interval. You use this data to identify performance bottlenecks.

The process of performance profiling stores a list of methods and information about those methods that were called

between the time you clear the performance data and the time you capture new data. This time difference is known

as the interaction period.

To use the Performance Profile view, you must enable performance profiling when you start the profiler. This is the

default setting.

Generate a performance profile

1 Start a profiling session with performance profiling enabled.

2 Interact with your application until you reach the point where you want to start profiling.

3 Click the Reset Performance Data button.

4 Interact with your application and perform the actions to profile.

Self Instances The number of instances of this class that were created only in the selected method. This does not include

instances that were created in subsequent calls from this method.

Self Memory The amount of memory, in bytes, that is used by instances that were created only in the selected method. This

does not include the memory used by instances that were created in subsequent calls from this method.

Column Description

Class The classes that were instantiated in the selected method. This includes classes that were instantiated in subse-

quent calls from this method.

Package The package that each class is in. If the class is not in a package, then the value of this field is the file name that

the class is in. The number following the dollar sign is a unique ID for that class.

If the Package field is empty, the class is in the global package or the unnamed package.

Cumulative Instances The number of instances of this class that were created in the selected method and in subsequent calls from

this method.

Cumulative Memory The amount of memory, in bytes, that is used by instances that were created in the selected method and in

subsequent calls from this method.

Column Description