Profiler lib for wcf + postsharp

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We need to add a new profiling feature to our WCF application, for logging where time is spendt in the application. I'm looking at PostSharp for a convention driven approach of applying the logging and need some input on how to actually log it. I've already created a custom class for logging purposes, using StopWatch and can log the steps through the layers of my WCF application. However I'm wondering if there's a thread safe alternative library I could use in conjunction with PostSharp for this purpose. I've come across MiniProfiler, but it seems to be intended for ASP.NET MVC applications mainly. Any other frameworks I should consider or should I just use my custom class? Thanks

mini profiler fully supports WCF there is even a demo project — Sam Saffron, Apr 13 '12 at 03:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 11 '12 at 14:10

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I did something like that in the past using a IClientMessageInspector implemented on a custom IEndpointBehavior. Depending on what kind of logging you want, this might just do the trick. There's an example in the following link

IClientMessageInspector Interface

answered Apr 11 '12 at 14:10

Dynami Le Savard

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Not exactly what I'm looking for. E.g. right now I've configured post sharp to profile all public methods in a specific assembly. I want to know how long each method call takes through the layers until we call the database. Now I've managed to do this with a custom class that can output the result in xml to a log4net database. Just wondering if I should consider using a framework of some sorts for this purpose instead of this diy approach. – jaspernygaard Apr 11 '12 at 14:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 13 '12 at 20:31

PostSharp itself is thread-safe. The aspects that you write may be thread-unsafe if poorly written, but there's always a way to make them thread-safe.

If you're using OnMethodBoundaryAspect and need to pass something from OnEntry to OnSuccess, store the initial stopwatch value in OnMethodExecutionArgs.MethodExecutionTag.

Profiler lib for wcf + postsharp

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