A Tool for Automated Performance Testing of Java3D Applications in Agile Environments

Following the agile philosophy that all core features of a system need an automated test harness, performance requirements also need such a check when they are essential for the success of a project. The purpose of this paper is to describe a tool, J3DPerfUnit, which supports automated performance testing for Java3D applications in agile environments. We elicited tool requirements from domain experts through a survey and evaluated J3DPerfUnit using code from our partner´s bioinformatics project and Java3D official tutorials. The evaluation pointed out that the tool is effective in detecting performance problems and in identifying where they come from when loading/unloading a 3D object.