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PerformanceCounter Members

Public:

Constructor

PerformanceCounter Constructor Overloaded. [To be supplied.]

Properties

CategoryName Returns the performance category name for this performance counter
CounterHelp Returns the description message for this performance counter
CounterName Sets/returns the performance counter name for this performance counter
CounterType Sets/Returns the counter type for this performance counter
InstanceName Sets/returns an instance name for this performance counter
MachineName Set/returns the machine name for this performance counter
RawValue Directly accesses the raw value of this counter. If counter type is of a 32-bit size, it will truncate the value given to 32 bits. This can be significantly more performant for scenarios where the raw value is sufficient. Note that this only works for custom counters created using this component, non-custom counters will throw an exception if this property is accessed.
ReadOnly Returns true if counter is read only (system counter, foreign extensible counter or remote counter)
SingleInstance Indicates if this counter only has a single instance. Some counters may support multiple instances, for example the processor counter will have one instance per processor on the machine.
Site (inherited from Component) Gets or sets the site of the Component.

Methods

CategoryExists Overloaded. [To be supplied.]
Close Frees all the resources allocated by this counter
CloseSharedResources Frees all the resources allocated for all performance counters, frees File Mapping used by extensible counters, unloads dll's used to read counters.
CreateCategory Overloaded. [To be supplied.]
DeleteCategory Overloaded. [To be supplied.]
Dispose (inherited from Component) Disposes of the Component.
Equals (inherited from Object) Determines whether the specified Object is the same instance as the current Object. Subclasses are expected to override this method to support value equality (not reference equality).
Exists Overloaded. [To be supplied.]
GetContainer (inherited from Component) Returns the IContainer that contains the Component.
GetDesignMode (inherited from Component) Gets a value indicating whether the Component is currently in design mode.
GetHashCode (inherited from Object) Serves as a hash function for a particular type, suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table.
GetServiceObject (inherited from Component) Returns an object representing a service provided by the Component.
GetType (inherited from Object) Gets the Type of the Object.
IncrementBy Increments the value of this counter. If counter type is of a 32-bit size, it'll truncate the value given to 32 bits.
IsSingleInstance Returns true if the performance category for this object is a single instance category
NextSample Obtains a counter sample and returns the raw value for it.
NextValue Obtains a counter sample and returns the calculated value for it. NOTE: For counters whose calculated value depend upon 2 counter reads, the very first read will return 0.0.
ReadCategory Reads all the counter and instance data of this performance category.
RefreshSharedResources Used to refresh all the resources allocated for all performance counters, it will refresh the File Mapping used to write to extensible counters and the dll's used to read system counters.
RemoveInstance Removes this counter instance from the shared memory
ToString (inherited from Component) Returns a String containing the name of the Component, if any. This method should not be overridden. For internal use only.

Protected:

Methods

Finalize (inherited from Object) Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by the Garbage Collector (GC). This method may be ignored by the runtime; therefore, necessary cleanup operations should be done elsewhere.
MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object) Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

See Also

PerformanceCounter Class | System.Diagnostics Namespace