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This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, * You can obta

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This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
 * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */

const Cc = Components.classes;
const Ci = Components.interfaces;
const Cu = Components.utils;

let EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = ["TelemetryStopwatch"];

let Telemetry = Cc["@mozilla.org/base/telemetry;1"]
                  .getService(Ci.nsITelemetry);

// simpleTimers are directly associated with a histogram
// name. objectTimers are associated with an object _and_
// a histogram name.
let simpleTimers = {};
let objectTimers = new WeakMap();

let TelemetryStopwatch = {
  /**
   * Starts a timer associated with a telemetry histogram. The timer can be
   * directly associated with a histogram, or with a pair of a histogram and
   * an object.
   *
   * @param aHistogram a string which must be a valid histogram name
   *                   from TelemetryHistograms.h
   *
   * @param aObj Optional parameter. If specified, the timer is associated
   *             with this object, meaning that multiple timers for a same
   *             histogram may be run concurrently, as long as they are
   *             associated with different objects.
   *
   * @return true if the timer was successfully started, false otherwise. If a
   *         timer already exists, it can't be started again, and the existing
   *         one will be cleared in order to avoid measurements errors.
   */
  start: function(aHistogram, aObj) {
    if (!validTypes(aHistogram, aObj))
      return false;

    let timers;
    if (aObj) {
      timers = objectTimers.get(aObj, {});
      objectTimers.set(aObj, timers);
    } else {
      timers = simpleTimers;
    }

    if (timers.hasOwnProperty(aHistogram)) {
      delete timers[aHistogram];
      Cu.reportError("TelemetryStopwatch: key \"" +
                     aHistogram + "\" was already initialized");
      return false;
    }

    timers[aHistogram] = Date.now();
    return true;
  },

  /**
   * Stops the timer associated with the given histogram (and object),
   * calculates the time delta between start and finish, and adds the value
   * to the histogram.
   *
   * @param aHistogram a string which must be a valid histogram name
   *                   from TelemetryHistograms.h. If an invalid name
   *                   is given, the function will throw.
   *
   * @param aObj Optional parameter which associates the histogram timer with
   *             the given object.
   *
   * @return true if the timer was succesfully stopped and the data was
   *         added to the histogram, false otherwise.
   */
  finish: function(aHistogram, aObj) {
    if (!validTypes(aHistogram, aObj))
      return false;

    let timers = aObj
                 ? objectTimers.get(aObj, {})
                 : simpleTimers;

    let start = timers[aHistogram];
    delete timers[aHistogram];

    if (start) {
      let delta = Date.now() - start;
      let histogram = Telemetry.getHistogramById(aHistogram);
      histogram.add(delta);
      return true;
    }

    return false;
  }
}

function validTypes(aKey, aObj) {
  return (typeof aKey == "string") &&
         (aObj === undefined || typeof aObj == "object");
}
<pre><nowiki>This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file, * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ const Cc = Components.classes; const Ci = Components.interfaces; const Cu = Components.utils; let EXPORTED_SYMBOLS = ["TelemetryStopwatch"]; let Telemetry = Cc["@mozilla.org/base/telemetry;1"] .getService(Ci.nsITelemetry); // simpleTimers are directly associated with a histogram // name. objectTimers are associated with an object _and_ // a histogram name. let simpleTimers = {}; let objectTimers = new WeakMap(); let TelemetryStopwatch = { /** * Starts a timer associated with a telemetry histogram. The timer can be * directly associated with a histogram, or with a pair of a histogram and * an object. * * @param aHistogram a string which must be a valid histogram name * from TelemetryHistograms.h * * @param aObj Optional parameter. If specified, the timer is associated * with this object, meaning that multiple timers for a same * histogram may be run concurrently, as long as they are * associated with different objects. * * @return true if the timer was successfully started, false otherwise. If a * timer already exists, it can't be started again, and the existing * one will be cleared in order to avoid measurements errors. */ start: function(aHistogram, aObj) { if (!validTypes(aHistogram, aObj)) return false; let timers; if (aObj) { timers = objectTimers.get(aObj, {}); objectTimers.set(aObj, timers); } else { timers = simpleTimers; } if (timers.hasOwnProperty(aHistogram)) { delete timers[aHistogram]; Cu.reportError("TelemetryStopwatch: key \"" + aHistogram + "\" was already initialized"); return false; } timers[aHistogram] = Date.now(); return true; }, /** * Stops the timer associated with the given histogram (and object), * calculates the time delta between start and finish, and adds the value * to the histogram. * * @param aHistogram a string which must be a valid histogram name * from TelemetryHistograms.h. If an invalid name * is given, the function will throw. * * @param aObj Optional parameter which associates the histogram timer with * the given object. * * @return true if the timer was succesfully stopped and the data was * added to the histogram, false otherwise. */ finish: function(aHistogram, aObj) { if (!validTypes(aHistogram, aObj)) return false; let timers = aObj ? objectTimers.get(aObj, {}) : simpleTimers; let start = timers[aHistogram]; delete timers[aHistogram]; if (start) { let delta = Date.now() - start; let histogram = Telemetry.getHistogramById(aHistogram); histogram.add(delta); return true; } return false; } } function validTypes(aKey, aObj) { return (typeof aKey == "string") && (aObj === undefined || typeof aObj == "object"); }</nowiki></pre>

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I'm a bit confused on what you want help with here?

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This is about the information that sending performance data.
Firefox 19 and later will have an about:telemetry page to give some information.