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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License
+ */
+
+package android.database;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.ContentValues;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.support.test.InstrumentationRegistry;
+import android.support.test.filters.LargeTest;
+import android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
+import android.util.ArrayMap;
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import com.android.internal.util.Preconditions;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+/**
+ * Performance tests for measuring amount of data written during typical DB operations
+ *
+ * <p>To run: bit CorePerfTests:android.database.SQLiteDatabaseIoPerfTest
+ */
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
+@LargeTest
+public class SQLiteDatabaseIoPerfTest {
+    private static final String TAG = "SQLiteDatabaseIoPerfTest";
+    private static final String DB_NAME = "db_io_perftest";
+    private static final int DEFAULT_DATASET_SIZE = 500;
+
+    private Long mWriteBytes;
+
+    private SQLiteDatabase mDatabase;
+    private Context mContext;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        mContext = InstrumentationRegistry.getTargetContext();
+        mContext.deleteDatabase(DB_NAME);
+        mDatabase = mContext.openOrCreateDatabase(DB_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE, null);
+        mDatabase.execSQL("CREATE TABLE T1 "
+                + "(_ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, COL_A INTEGER, COL_B VARCHAR(100), COL_C REAL)");
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() {
+        mDatabase.close();
+        mContext.deleteDatabase(DB_NAME);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDatabaseModifications() {
+        startMeasuringWrites();
+        ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
+        String[] whereArg = new String[1];
+        for (int i = 0; i < DEFAULT_DATASET_SIZE; i++) {
+            cv.put("_ID", i);
+            cv.put("COL_A", i);
+            cv.put("COL_B", "NewValue");
+            cv.put("COL_C", 1.0);
+            assertEquals(i, mDatabase.insert("T1", null, cv));
+        }
+        cv = new ContentValues();
+        for (int i = 0; i < DEFAULT_DATASET_SIZE; i++) {
+            cv.put("COL_B", "UpdatedValue");
+            cv.put("COL_C", 1.1);
+            whereArg[0] = String.valueOf(i);
+            assertEquals(1, mDatabase.update("T1", cv, "_ID=?", whereArg));
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < DEFAULT_DATASET_SIZE; i++) {
+            whereArg[0] = String.valueOf(i);
+            assertEquals(1, mDatabase.delete("T1", "_ID=?", whereArg));
+        }
+        // Make sure all changes are written to disk
+        mDatabase.close();
+        long bytes = endMeasuringWrites();
+        sendResults("testDatabaseModifications" , bytes);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInsertsWithTransactions() {
+        startMeasuringWrites();
+        final int txSize = 10;
+        ContentValues cv = new ContentValues();
+        for (int i = 0; i < DEFAULT_DATASET_SIZE * 5; i++) {
+            if (i % txSize == 0) {
+                mDatabase.beginTransaction();
+            }
+            if (i % txSize == txSize-1) {
+                mDatabase.setTransactionSuccessful();
+                mDatabase.endTransaction();
+
+            }
+            cv.put("_ID", i);
+            cv.put("COL_A", i);
+            cv.put("COL_B", "NewValue");
+            cv.put("COL_C", 1.0);
+            assertEquals(i, mDatabase.insert("T1", null, cv));
+        }
+        // Make sure all changes are written to disk
+        mDatabase.close();
+        long bytes = endMeasuringWrites();
+        sendResults("testInsertsWithTransactions" , bytes);
+    }
+
+    private void startMeasuringWrites() {
+        Preconditions.checkState(mWriteBytes == null, "Measurement already started");
+        mWriteBytes = getIoStats().get("write_bytes");
+    }
+
+    private long endMeasuringWrites() {
+        Preconditions.checkState(mWriteBytes != null, "Measurement wasn't started");
+        Long newWriteBytes = getIoStats().get("write_bytes");
+        return newWriteBytes - mWriteBytes;
+    }
+
+    private void sendResults(String testName, long writeBytes) {
+        Log.i(TAG, testName + " write_bytes: " + writeBytes);
+        Bundle status = new Bundle();
+        status.putLong("write_bytes", writeBytes);
+        InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().sendStatus(Activity.RESULT_OK, status);
+    }
+
+    private static Map<String, Long> getIoStats() {
+        String ioStat = "/proc/self/io";
+        Map<String, Long> results = new ArrayMap<>();
+        try {
+            List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(new File(ioStat).toPath());
+            for (String line : lines) {
+                line = line.trim();
+                String[] split = line.split(":");
+                if (split.length == 2) {
+                    try {
+                        String key = split[0].trim();
+                        Long value = Long.valueOf(split[1].trim());
+                        results.put(key, value);
+                    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+                        Log.e(TAG, "Cannot parse number from " + line);
+                    }
+                } else if (line.isEmpty()) {
+                    Log.e(TAG, "Cannot parse line " + line);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "Can't read: " + ioStat, e);
+        }
+        return results;
+    }
+
+}