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File Format of the Profile Output File
This topic describes the format of the profile output file. All strings and numbers are stored in the Java binary format. Numbers (2-byte integer, 4-byte integer, and 8-byte IEEE floating point) are all stored MSB first. Strings are stored as a two-byte number of bytes, followed by the string itself encoded as UTF-8.
The general format of the file is:
• Question: The header of the file starts with a “magic” string DJPROF. This is not a Java string, but six characters of the string. Following this is a two-byte integer containing the version number of the file (currently, the version is 1). After the version number is a profile count that indicates the total time the profiling was active.
• Node info blocks: This section starts with a four-byte integer containing the number of node information entries to follow. Each node entry consists of a four-byte integer representing the node type.The following table provides the current values and their representative components:
Value
Component
0
Module (code module, map expression, and so on.)
1
User-defined function
2
External (DLL) function
3
Built-in function
A string displaying the name of the node.
Profile count for the node that indicates the total time spent on the node.
Possible node-type specific data:
– Code module (type 0): a string that indicates the actual code of the module.
– User-defined function (type 1): an unsigned two-byte integer that indicates the (0-based) number of the code module where the function is defined.
• Graph info blocks
There are a number of places where a profile count is written. This simply refers to an unsigned four-byte integer number of iterations, followed by a double representing the number of seconds.
 
Last modified date: 02/09/2024