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+(ns reitit.request-perf
+  (:require [criterium.core :as cc]
+            [reitit.perf-utils :refer :all]
+            [potemkin :as p]))
+
+(set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
+
+;;
+;; start repl with `lein perf repl`
+;; perf measured with the following setup:
+;;
+;; Model Name:            MacBook Pro
+;; Model Identifier:      MacBookPro113
+;; Processor Name:        Intel Core i7
+;; Processor Speed:       2,5 GHz
+;; Number of Processors:  1
+;; Total Number of Cores: 4
+;; L2 Cache (per Core):   256 KB
+;; L3 Cache:              6 MB
+;; Memory:                16 GB
+;;
+
+(defprotocol RawRequest
+  (-uri [this])
+  (-request-method [this])
+  (-path-params [this]))
+
+(p/def-derived-map
+  ZeroCopyRequest
+  [raw]
+  :uri (-uri raw)
+  :request-method (-request-method raw)
+  :path-params (-path-params raw))
+
+(defprotocol RingRequest
+  (get-uri [this])
+  (get-request-method [this])
+  (get-path-params [this]))
+
+(defn ring-request [raw]
+  {:uri (-uri raw)
+   :request-method (-request-method raw)
+   :path-params (-path-params raw)})
+
+(defn record-request [raw]
+  (->RecordRequest (-uri raw) (-request-method raw) (-path-params raw)))
+
+(defrecord RawRingRequest [raw]
+  RingRequest
+  (get-uri [_] (-uri raw))
+  (get-request-method [_] (-request-method raw))
+  (get-path-params [_] (-path-params raw)))
+
+(def raw
+  (reify
+    RawRequest
+    (-uri [_] "/ping")
+    (-request-method [_] :get)
+    (-path-params [_] {:a 1})))
+
+(defn bench-all! []
+
+  ;; 530ns
+  (title "potemkin zero-copy")
+  (assert (= :get (:request-method (->ZeroCopyRequest raw))))
+  (cc/quick-bench
+    (let [req (->ZeroCopyRequest raw)]
+      (dotimes [_ 10]
+        (:request-method req))))
+
+  ;; 73ns
+  (title "map copy-request")
+  (assert (= :get (:request-method (ring-request raw))))
+  (cc/quick-bench
+    (let [req (ring-request raw)]
+      (dotimes [_ 10]
+        (:request-method req))))
+
+  ;; 7ns
+  (title "record copy-request")
+  (assert (= :get (:request-method (record-request raw))))
+  (cc/quick-bench
+    (let [req (record-request raw)]
+      (dotimes [_ 10]
+        (:request-method req))))
+
+  ;; 7ns
+  (title "request protocols")
+  (assert (= :get (get-request-method (->RawRingRequest raw))))
+  (cc/quick-bench
+    (let [req (->RawRingRequest raw)]
+      (dotimes [_ 10]
+        (get-request-method req)))))
+
+(comment
+  (bench-all!))