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+package org.apache.commons.csv.perf;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Reader;
+
+import org.apache.commons.csv.CSVFormat;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Tests performance.
+ * 
+ * Only enable for your own development.
+ */
+public class PerformanceTest {
+
+    private final int max = 10;
+
+    private BufferedReader getBufferedReader() throws IOException {
+        return new BufferedReader(new FileReader("src/test/resources/worldcitiespop.txt"));
+    }
+
+    private long parse(Reader in) throws IOException {
+        CSVFormat format = CSVFormat.DEFAULT.withSurroundingSpacesIgnored(false);
+        long count = 0;
+        for (Object record : format.parse(in)) {
+            count++;
+        }
+        return count;
+    }
+
+    private void println() {
+        System.out.println();
+    }
+
+    private void println(String s) {
+        System.out.println(s);
+    }
+
+    private long readAll(BufferedReader in) throws IOException {
+        long count = 0;
+        while (in.readLine() != null) {
+            count++;
+        }
+        return count;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Ignore
+    public void testParseBigFile() throws Exception {
+        long t0 = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        long count = this.parse(this.getBufferedReader());
+        this.println("File parsed in " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - t0) + "ms with Commons CSV" + " " + count
+                + " lines");
+        this.println();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Ignore
+    public void testParseBigFileRepeat() throws Exception {
+        for (int i = 0; i < this.max; i++) {
+            this.testParseBigFile();
+        }
+        this.println();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Ignore
+    public void testReadBigFile() throws Exception {
+        for (int i = 0; i < this.max; i++) {
+            BufferedReader in = this.getBufferedReader();
+            long t0 = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            long count = this.readAll(in);
+            in.close();
+            this.println("File read in " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - t0) + "ms" + " " + count + " lines");
+        }
+        this.println();
+    }
+}
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