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+/*
+ *   StarOffice News Server
+ *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package test;
+
+/**
+ * TestBench that performs a - yes - performance test. The test runs until
+ * the opened sockets reach the systems maximum. The test has now valid end
+ * as it will throw IOErrors at the end.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ */
+public class PerfTestBench 
+{
+
+  public static void main(String[] args)
+    throws Exception
+  {
+    System.out.println("Performance TestBench for NNTP (RFC3799) based servers ");
+    if(args.length < 1)
+    {
+      System.out.println("Usage: TestBench <host>[:port]");
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    String[] hostport = args[0].split(":");
+    String host = hostport[0];
+    int    port = 119;
+    if(hostport.length == 2)
+    {
+      port = Integer.parseInt(hostport[1]);
+    }
+    
+    for(int n = 0; true; n++)
+    {
+      PerfTest pf = new PerfTest();
+      pf.connect(host, port);
+      pf.runTest();
+      
+      if(n % 100 == 0)
+      {
+        System.out.println("Test #" + n);
+        System.out.flush();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
+}