Load Testing with Custom Performance Counters: Listing 1.

The DocumentManager class.

public class DocumentManager
{
  private OperationPerformanceCounterManager m_PerfMonCountersForCreateDocument;

  public DocumentManager()
  {
    string categoryName = "My Application Name";

    // Initialize an OperationPerformanceCounterManager;
    // the Create Document operation
    m_PerfMonCountersForCreateDocument =
      new OperationPerformanceCounterManager(
        categoryName, "Create Document"); 
  }

  public int CreateDocument(string name)
  {
    // Get the start time
    var startTicks = DateTime.Now.Ticks;

    try
    {
      // Perform the operation
      var documentId = DoCreateDocument(name);

      return documentId;
    }
    finally
    {
      // After the operation completes, record how long it took 
      m_PerfMonCountersForCreateDocument.RecordOperation(
        DateTime.Now.Ticks - startTicks);
    }
  }

  private int DoCreateDocument(string name)
  {
    // Do some work            
  }
}

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