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performance difference between dynamic and "static" emf [message #379978]

Tue, 13 March 2007 00:31

Pradeep

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Hi,

Could someone tell me, what are the performance implications of dynamic emf.

How does it compare to that of using generated classes?

Thanks
Pradeep

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Re: performance difference between dynamic and "static" emf [message #379980 is a reply to message #379978]

Tue, 13 March 2007 03:00

Ed Merks

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Pradeep,

Please use the EMF newsgroup for EMF-specific questions. I've added it
to the "to" list, so you can continue to use this thread.

Dynamic models are slower and will use more space. Here's some old
data that was focused on SDO performance improvements but does have
measurements that let you compare dynamic and static access:

http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/docs/performance/EMFPerf ormanceTestsResults.html

Clearly a getX() will be faster than eGet(featureX) since the later
calls the former. Since a dynamic model doesn't have a generated getX,
that approach requires using eGet(featureX). Dynamic models don't use
primitive types, but rather use box types, i.e., instead of int they use
Integer, so that leads to more memory use. Also, a dynamic model uses
an array of Object to store the values, but static models use variables
of the correct type, including variables of primitive type, so that
makes static models both faster and smaller. It's probably best to make
measurements yourself on the actual JVM you will be using, since the JVM
often has a big impact on the performance of different things...

Pradeep wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could someone tell me, what are the performance implications of
> dynamic emf.
>
> How does it compare to that of using generated classes?
>
>
> Thanks
> Pradeep

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Pradeep, 
 
Please use the EMF newsgroup for EMF-specific questions.  I've added it
to the "to" list, so you can continue to use this thread. 
 
Dynamic models are slower and will use more space.   Here's some old
data that was focused on SDO performance improvements but does have
measurements that let you compare dynamic and static access: 
<blockquote><a
href=" http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/docs/performance/EMFPerf ormanceTestsResults.html"> http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/docs/performance/EMFPerf ormanceTestsResults.html</a> 
</blockquote>
Clearly a getX() will be faster than eGet(featureX) since the later
calls the former.  Since a dynamic model doesn't have a generated getX,
that approach requires using eGet(featureX).  Dynamic models don't use
primitive types, but rather use box types, i.e., instead of int they
use Integer, so that leads to more memory use.  Also, a dynamic model
uses an array of Object to store the values, but static models use
variables of the correct type, including variables of primitive type,
so that makes static models both faster and smaller.  It's probably
best to make measurements yourself on the actual JVM you will be using,
since the JVM often has a big impact on the performance of different
things... 
 
 
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<blockquote cite="midet4rda$aip$1@utils.eclipse.org" type="cite">Hi,
 
 
Could someone tell me, what are the performance implications of dynamic
emf.
 
 
How does it compare to that of using generated classes?
 
 
 
Thanks
 
Pradeep
 
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