/*
 * Zorbage: an algebraic data hierarchy for use in numeric processing.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2016-2021 Barry DeZonia All rights reserved.
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package nom.bdezonia.zorbage.algorithm;

import nom.bdezonia.zorbage.function.Function0;
import nom.bdezonia.zorbage.procedure.Procedure1;

/**
 * 
 * @author Barry DeZonia
 *
 */
public class Benchmark {

	/**
	 * Measure the time for a process to run.
	 * @param <X>
	 * @param initializer The setup code for the timing suite.
	 * @param procedure The "chunk of code' that is being timed.
	 * @return The total milleseconds it takes to run the chunk of code.
	 */
	public static <X>
		long measureTime(Function0<X> initializer, Procedure1<X> procedure)
	{
		// allocate data
		
		X data = initializer.call();
		
		// warm up the cache
		
		for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
			procedure.call(data);
		}
		
		// now time one run
		
		long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
		
		procedure.call(data);
		
		long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
		
		// and return millisecond timing
		
		return (end - start);
	}
}

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