1 // Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 // This file defines a set of user experience metrics data recorded by
6 // the MetricsService. This is the unit of data that is sent to the server.
8 #ifndef COMPONENTS_METRICS_METRICS_LOG_H_
9 #define COMPONENTS_METRICS_METRICS_LOG_H_
14 #include "base/basictypes.h"
15 #include "base/time/time.h"
16 #include "components/metrics/proto/chrome_user_metrics_extension.pb.h"
18 class PrefRegistrySimple
;
22 class DictionaryValue
;
23 class HistogramSamples
;
30 namespace tracked_objects
{
31 struct ProcessDataSnapshot
;
34 namespace variations
{
40 class MetricsProvider
;
41 class MetricsServiceClient
;
46 INITIAL_STABILITY_LOG
, // The initial log containing stability stats.
47 ONGOING_LOG
, // Subsequent logs in a session.
50 // Creates a new metrics log of the specified type.
51 // |client_id| is the identifier for this profile on this installation
52 // |session_id| is an integer that's incremented on each application launch
53 // |client| is used to interact with the embedder.
54 // |local_state| is the PrefService that this instance should use.
55 // Note: |this| instance does not take ownership of the |client|, but rather
56 // stores a weak pointer to it. The caller should ensure that the |client| is
57 // valid for the lifetime of this class.
58 MetricsLog(const std::string
& client_id
,
61 MetricsServiceClient
* client
,
62 PrefService
* local_state
);
63 virtual ~MetricsLog();
65 // Registers local state prefs used by this class.
66 static void RegisterPrefs(PrefRegistrySimple
* registry
);
68 // Computes the MD5 hash of the given string, and returns the first 8 bytes of
70 static uint64
Hash(const std::string
& value
);
72 // Get the GMT buildtime for the current binary, expressed in seconds since
73 // January 1, 1970 GMT.
74 // The value is used to identify when a new build is run, so that previous
75 // reliability stats, from other builds, can be abandoned.
76 static int64
GetBuildTime();
78 // Convenience function to return the current time at a resolution in seconds.
79 // This wraps base::TimeTicks, and hence provides an abstract time that is
80 // always incrementing for use in measuring time durations.
81 static int64
GetCurrentTime();
83 // Records a user-initiated action.
84 void RecordUserAction(const std::string
& key
);
86 // Record any changes in a given histogram for transmission.
87 void RecordHistogramDelta(const std::string
& histogram_name
,
88 const base::HistogramSamples
& snapshot
);
90 // Records the current operating environment, including metrics provided by
91 // the specified set of |metrics_providers|. Takes the list of installed
92 // plugins, Google Update statistics, and synthetic trial IDs as parameters
93 // because those can't be obtained synchronously from the UI thread.
94 // A synthetic trial is one that is set up dynamically by code in Chrome. For
95 // example, a pref may be mapped to a synthetic trial such that the group
96 // is determined by the pref value.
97 void RecordEnvironment(
98 const std::vector
<MetricsProvider
*>& metrics_providers
,
99 const std::vector
<variations::ActiveGroupId
>& synthetic_trials
,
102 // Loads the environment proto that was saved by the last RecordEnvironment()
103 // call from prefs and clears the pref value. Returns true on success or false
104 // if there was no saved environment in prefs or it could not be decoded.
105 bool LoadSavedEnvironmentFromPrefs();
107 // Writes application stability metrics, including stability metrics provided
108 // by the specified set of |metrics_providers|. The system profile portion of
109 // the log must have already been filled in by a call to RecordEnvironment()
110 // or LoadSavedEnvironmentFromPrefs().
111 // NOTE: Has the side-effect of clearing the stability prefs..
113 // If this log is of type INITIAL_STABILITY_LOG, records additional info such
114 // as number of incomplete shutdowns as well as extra breakpad and debugger
116 void RecordStabilityMetrics(
117 const std::vector
<MetricsProvider
*>& metrics_providers
,
118 base::TimeDelta incremental_uptime
,
119 base::TimeDelta uptime
);
121 // Records general metrics based on the specified |metrics_providers|.
122 void RecordGeneralMetrics(
123 const std::vector
<MetricsProvider
*>& metrics_providers
);
125 // Stop writing to this record and generate the encoded representation.
126 // None of the Record* methods can be called after this is called.
129 // Fills |encoded_log| with the serialized protobuf representation of the
130 // record. Must only be called after CloseLog() has been called.
131 void GetEncodedLog(std::string
* encoded_log
);
133 const base::TimeTicks
& creation_time() const {
134 return creation_time_
;
137 int num_events() const {
138 return uma_proto_
.omnibox_event_size() +
139 uma_proto_
.user_action_event_size();
142 LogType
log_type() const { return log_type_
; }
145 // Exposed for the sake of mocking/accessing in test code.
147 // Fills |field_trial_ids| with the list of initialized field trials name and
149 virtual void GetFieldTrialIds(
150 std::vector
<variations::ActiveGroupId
>* field_trial_ids
) const;
152 ChromeUserMetricsExtension
* uma_proto() { return &uma_proto_
; }
153 const ChromeUserMetricsExtension
* uma_proto() const {
158 // Returns true if the environment has already been filled in by a call to
159 // RecordEnvironment() or LoadSavedEnvironmentFromPrefs().
160 bool HasEnvironment() const;
162 // Returns true if the stability metrics have already been filled in by a
163 // call to RecordStabilityMetrics().
164 bool HasStabilityMetrics() const;
166 // Within the stability group, write required attributes.
167 void WriteRequiredStabilityAttributes(PrefService
* pref
);
169 // Within the stability group, write attributes that need to be updated asap
170 // and can't be delayed until the user decides to restart chromium.
171 // Delaying these stats would bias metrics away from happy long lived
172 // chromium processes (ones that don't crash, and keep on running).
173 void WriteRealtimeStabilityAttributes(PrefService
* pref
,
174 base::TimeDelta incremental_uptime
,
175 base::TimeDelta uptime
);
177 // closed_ is true when record has been packed up for sending, and should
178 // no longer be written to. It is only used for sanity checking.
181 // The type of the log, i.e. initial or ongoing.
182 const LogType log_type_
;
184 // Stores the protocol buffer representation for this log.
185 ChromeUserMetricsExtension uma_proto_
;
187 // Used to interact with the embedder. Weak pointer; must outlive |this|
189 MetricsServiceClient
* const client_
;
191 // The time when the current log was created.
192 const base::TimeTicks creation_time_
;
194 PrefService
* local_state_
;
196 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MetricsLog
);
199 } // namespace metrics
201 #endif // COMPONENTS_METRICS_METRICS_LOG_H_