| 1 | = babeltrace2-sink.utils.dummy(7) |
| 2 | :manpagetype: component class |
| 3 | :revdate: 14 September 2019 |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | == NAME |
| 7 | |
| 8 | babeltrace2-sink.utils.dummy - Babeltrace 2's dummy sink component class |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | == DESCRIPTION |
| 12 | |
| 13 | A Babeltrace~2 compcls:sink.utils.dummy component consumes messages |
| 14 | and discards them (does absolutely nothing with them). |
| 15 | |
| 16 | ---- |
| 17 | +------------------+ |
| 18 | | sink.utils.dummy | |
| 19 | | | |
| 20 | Messages -->@ in | |
| 21 | +------------------+ |
| 22 | ---- |
| 23 | |
| 24 | include::common-see-babeltrace2-intro.txt[] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | A compcls:sink.utils.dummy sink component can be useful to run a trace |
| 27 | processing graph with no sink side effect, for example to perform |
| 28 | benchmarks. Prefer a compcls:sink.utils.dummy component class for such |
| 29 | tasks to, for example, a compcls:sink.text.pretty component and sending |
| 30 | its output to `/dev/null`, as a compcls:sink.text.pretty component still |
| 31 | performs formatting operations. |
| 32 | |
| 33 | |
| 34 | == PORTS |
| 35 | |
| 36 | ---- |
| 37 | +------------------+ |
| 38 | | sink.utils.dummy | |
| 39 | | | |
| 40 | @ in | |
| 41 | +------------------+ |
| 42 | ---- |
| 43 | |
| 44 | |
| 45 | === Input |
| 46 | |
| 47 | `in`:: |
| 48 | Single input port. |
| 49 | |
| 50 | |
| 51 | include::common-footer.txt[] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | |
| 54 | == SEE ALSO |
| 55 | |
| 56 | man:babeltrace2-intro(7), |
| 57 | man:babeltrace2-plugin-utils(7) |