commit d6985eeec6d42ddcf043f898e4a0a2026a56dd48 Author: Damian Johnson atagar@torproject.org Date: Sun Oct 18 14:34:46 2015 -0700
Compare descriptor parsing libraries
First step for the scheme Karsten and I hatched to comparing our libraries...
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-October/009606.html
This is the easy part. Next up need to write some metrics-lib scripts to get some performance benchmarks... --- docs/_static/style.css | 10 ++++++ docs/tutorials/mirror_mirror_on_the_wall.rst | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/_static/style.css b/docs/_static/style.css index 098529d..fe9db20 100644 --- a/docs/_static/style.css +++ b/docs/_static/style.css @@ -5,3 +5,13 @@ div.literal-block-wrapper { span.caption-text { float: right; } + +span.red { + color: red; + font-weight: bold; +} + +span.green { + color: green; + font-weight: bold; +} diff --git a/docs/tutorials/mirror_mirror_on_the_wall.rst b/docs/tutorials/mirror_mirror_on_the_wall.rst index 2677aeb..1e6aadc 100644 --- a/docs/tutorials/mirror_mirror_on_the_wall.rst +++ b/docs/tutorials/mirror_mirror_on_the_wall.rst @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ with what they are and where to get them then you may want to skip to the end. * :ref:`validating-the-descriptors-content` * :ref:`saving-and-loading-descriptors` * :ref:`putting-it-together` +* :ref:`are-there-any-other-parsing-libraries`
.. _what-is-a-descriptor:
@@ -248,3 +249,44 @@ could use any of the methods above, but for this example we'll use 14. politkovskaja2 (24.93 MB/s) 15. wau (24.72 MB/s)
+.. _are-there-any-other-parsing-libraries: + +Are there any other parsing libraries? +-------------------------------------- + +Yup! Stem isn't the only game in town when it comes to parsing. `Metrics-lib +https://gitweb.torproject.org/metrics-lib.git/`_ is a highly mature parsing +library for Java, and `Zoossh +https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/phw/zoossh.git/`_ is available for Go. +Each library has its own capabilities... + +.. role:: red +.. role:: green + +=========================== ================= =============== ============== +Capability Stem Metrics-lib Zoossh +=========================== ================= =============== ============== +Language :green:`Python` :green:`Java` :green:`Go` +Checks signatures :green:`Mostly` :red:`No` :red:`No` +Create new descriptors :red:`No` :red:`No` :red:`No` +Lazy parsing :green:`Yes` :red:`No` :green:`Yes` +Type detection by @type :green:`Yes` :green:`Yes` :red:`No` +Type detection by filename :green:`Yes` :red:`No` :red:`No` +Packages :green:`Several` :red:`None` :red:`None` +**Can Read/Download From** +Files :green:`Yes` :green:`Yes` :green:`Yes` +Tarballs :green:`Yes` :green:`Yes` :red:`No` +Directory Authorities :green:`Yes` :green:`Yes` :red:`No` +CollecTor :red:`No` :green:`Yes` :red:`No` +**Supported Types** +Server Descriptors :green:`Yes` :green:`Yes` :green:`Partly` +Extrainfo Descriptors :green:`Yes` :green:`Yes` :red:`No` +Microdescriptors :green:`Yes` :green:`Yes` :red:`No` +Consensus :green:`Yes` :green:`Yes` :green:`Partly` +Bridge Descriptors :green:`Yes` :green:`Yes` :red:`No` +Hidden Service Descriptors :green:`Yes` :red:`No` :red:`No` +Bridge Pool Assignments :red:`No` :green:`Yes` :red:`No` +Torperf :red:`No` :green:`Yes` :red:`No` +Tordnsel :green:`Yes` :green:`Yes` :red:`No` +=========================== ================= =============== ============== +