Warn in logs if we detect, at runtime, a "large" form
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Area: Performance
Module: Form Runner
Module: XForms
Type: RFE
- Dominant language
- Scala
- Stars
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Description
We cannot know the size of a form in memory, we can only approximate it. Areas that we can easily detect:
- number of dynamic form controls
- size of XML instances (data, or datasets) (can be estimated)
We could, as a start, check those values and log them above a certain configurable threshold. For example:
WARNING - Form acme/sales/1 has 2412 form controls (threshold: 2000)
WARNING - Form acme/sales/1 has instance `my-dataset` consuming 10 MB (threshold: 1 MB)
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Research direction
Start by tracing runtime form processing for dynamic form controls and XML instances, then identify the existing logging configuration and threshold mechanisms. The work is done when configurable thresholds produce warnings containing the form, control count or instance size, and threshold without attempting to measure total in-memory size.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- scala
- Domain
- backend, observability
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100