Performance Tool

Definition

Performance Tool

a software tool that directly supports the measurement of the performance of a system, an application, or one of its components

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Performance Tool is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Tool
• Subclasses: None
• Example Instances:
  • Performance Analyzers
  • Profilers

Responsibilities

The typical responsibilities of a Performance Tool are to:

• Measure the performance of a sytem, an application, or one of its components.
• Enable performance tuning.

Guidelines

• TBD