How do I time a method's execution in Java?

Question

1. How do I get a method\'s execution time?
2. Is there a Timer utility class for things like timing how long a task takes, etc?

Mos

Answer 1

With Java 8 you can do also something like this with every normal methods:

Object returnValue = TimeIt.printTime(() -> methodeWithReturnValue());
//do stuff with your returnValue

with TimeIt like:

public class TimeIt {

public static  T printTime(Callable task) {
    T call = null;
    try {
        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        call = task.call();
        System.out.print((System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) / 1000d + "s");
    } catch (Exception e) {
        //...
    }
    return call;
}
}

With this methode you can make easy time measurement anywhere in your code without breaking it. In this simple example i just print the time. May you add a Switch for TimeIt, e.g. to only print the time in DebugMode or something.

If you are working with Function you can do somthing like this:

Function yourFunction= (n) -> {
        return IntStream.range(0, n).reduce(0, (a, b) -> a + b);
    };

Integer returnValue = TimeIt.printTime2(yourFunction).apply(10000);
//do stuff with your returnValue

public static  Function printTime2(Function task) {
    return (t) -> {
        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
        R apply = task.apply(t);
        System.out.print((System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) / 1000d
                + "s");
        return apply;
    };
}