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Measuring and Monitoring WCF Web Service Performance

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Using ServiceMon to obtain performance statistics for web services
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Net.Mail;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq;

namespace Kaleida.ServiceMonitor.Framework
{
    public static class StringExtensions
    {
        public static TimeSpan ToTimeSpan(this string text)
        {
            if (text == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("text");

            return DurationParser.ParseTimeSpan(text);
        }

        public static Duration ToDuration(this string text)
        {
            if (text == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("text");

            return DurationParser.ParseDuration(text);
        }

        public static TimeSpan ToTimeSpan(this Duration duration)
        {
            if (duration == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("duration");

            return duration.ToString().ToTimeSpan();
        }

        public static bool IsTimeSpan(this string text)
        {
            if (text == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("text");

            return DurationParser.CanParse(text);
        }

        public static bool IsDuration(this string text)
        {
            if (text == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("text");

            return DurationParser.CanParse(text);
        }

        public static bool IsDecimal(this string value)
        {
            if (value == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("value");

            decimal result;
            return decimal.TryParse(value, out result);
        }

        public static bool IsInteger(this string value)
        {
            if (value == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("value");

            int result;
            return int.TryParse(value, out result);
        }

		public static ScheduledTime ToScheduledTime(this string value)
		{
			if (value == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("value");

			var components = value.Split(':');

			if(components.Count() != 2)
				throw new FormatException(string.Format("Cannot parse '{0}' as a ScheduledTime. Expected string to be in HH:MM format. E.g. 09:32", value));

			int hour;
			if (!int.TryParse(components[0], out hour))
				throw new FormatException(string.Format("Cannot parse '{0}' as a ScheduledTime. Expected hour to be a number", value));

			int minute;
			if (!int.TryParse(components[1], out minute))
				throw new FormatException(string.Format("Cannot parse '{0}' as a ScheduledTime. Expected minute to be a number", value));

			return new ScheduledTime(hour, minute);
		}

    	public static string SurroundWith(this string text, string enclosingText)
        {
            if (text == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("text");
            if (enclosingText == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("enclosingText");

            return enclosingText + text + enclosingText;
        }

        public static string ToFormattedString(this string text)
        {
            if (text == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("text");
            return text.SurroundWith("'");
        }

        public static string ToFormattedString(this int text)
        {
            return text.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
        }

        public static string ToFormattedString(this decimal text)
        {
            return text.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
        }

        public static string ToFormattedString(this TimeSpan timeSpan)
        {
            var duration = timeSpan.Duration();

            var formatted = new StringBuilder();

            if(timeSpan.Ticks < 0)
                formatted.Append("-");

            formatted.Append("[");
            if(duration.Days != 0)
                formatted.AppendFormat("{0} ", duration.Days);

            formatted.AppendFormat("{0:00}:{1:00}:{2:00}", duration.Hours, duration.Minutes, duration.Seconds);

            if (duration.Milliseconds != 0)
                formatted.AppendFormat(".{0:000}", duration.Milliseconds);

            formatted.Append("]");
            return formatted.ToString();
        }

        public static List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> SplitIntoKeyValuePairs(this string argumentsString)
        {
            if (argumentsString == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("argumentsString");

            if (argumentsString == "")
                return new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();

            var argumentStrings = argumentsString.Split(',');
            return argumentStrings.Select(BuildKeyValuePair).ToList();
        }

		public static IList<MailAddress> ToMailAddressList(this string text)
		{
			if (text == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("text");

			var emailAddresses = text.Split(';').Select(i => i.Trim()).Where(i => i != "").ToList();

			if (!emailAddresses.Any())
				throw new InvalidOperationException("Must provide at least one email address (multiple addresses can be specified using a semicolon. e.g. \"me@example.com;someone@example.com\")");

			return emailAddresses.Select(BuildMailAddress).ToList();
		}

		private static MailAddress BuildMailAddress(string text)
		{
			try
			{
				return new MailAddress(text);
			}
			catch (FormatException e)
			{
				throw new InvalidOperationException(e.Message + " (multiple addresses can be specified using a semicolon. e.g. \"me@example.com;someone@example.com\")");
			}
		}

        public static IList<ScheduledTime> ToScheduledTimeList(this string text)
        {
            if (text == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("text");

            var timeStrings = text.Split(';').Select(i => i.Trim()).Where(i => i != "").ToList();

            if (!timeStrings.Any())
                throw new InvalidOperationException("Must provide at least one scheduled time (multiple addresses can be specified using a semicolon. e.g. \"14:30; 17:15\")");

            return timeStrings.Select(BuildScheduledTime).ToList();
        }

        private static ScheduledTime BuildScheduledTime(string text)
        {
            try
            {
                return text.ToScheduledTime();
            }
            catch (FormatException e)
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException(e.Message + " (multiple times can be specified using a semicolon. e.g. \"14:30; 17:15\")");
            }
        }

        private static KeyValuePair<string, string> BuildKeyValuePair(string argumentString)
        {
            var components = argumentString.Split('=');

            if (components.Length != 2)
                throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format("Expected argument '{0}' to be specified as ARG=VAL", argumentString));

            return new KeyValuePair<string, string>(components[0], components[1]);
        }
    }
}

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Written By
Architect BlackJet Software Ltd
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Stuart Wheelwright is the Principal Architect and Software Developer at BlackJet Software Ltd.

He has over 16 years commercial experience producing robust, maintainable, web-based solutions and bespoke systems for Microsoft platforms.

His latest project is Shopping UK, an elegantly simple shopping list for iPhone.

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