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+//
+// ========================================================================
+// Copyright (c) 1995-2020 Mort Bay Consulting Pty Ltd and others.
+//
+// This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
+// the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+// https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0
+//
+// This Source Code may also be made available under the following
+// Secondary Licenses when the conditions for such availability set
+// forth in the Eclipse Public License, v. 2.0 are satisfied:
+// the Apache License v2.0 which is available at
+// https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0
+// ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.logging.jmh;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Measurement;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Threads;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Warmup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.Blackhole;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.profile.GCProfiler;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.Runner;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.RunnerException;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.Options;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.OptionsBuilder;
+
+@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+@Threads(4)
+@Warmup(iterations = 7, time = 500, timeUnit = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+@Measurement(iterations = 7, time = 500, timeUnit = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+public class IndentBenchmark
+{
+    private static final int SMALL = 13;
+    private static final int LARGE = 43;
+    private String bigstring = "                                                                                    ";
+
+    @Benchmark
+    @BenchmarkMode(Mode.Throughput)
+    public void testStringSubStringSmall(Blackhole blackhole)
+    {
+        blackhole.consume(bigstring.substring(0, SMALL));
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    @BenchmarkMode(Mode.Throughput)
+    public void testStringSubStringLarge(Blackhole blackhole)
+    {
+        blackhole.consume(bigstring.substring(0, LARGE));
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    @BenchmarkMode(Mode.Throughput)
+    public void testStringRepeatSmall(Blackhole blackhole)
+    {
+        blackhole.consume(" " .repeat(SMALL));
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    @BenchmarkMode(Mode.Throughput)
+    public void testStringRepeatLarge(Blackhole blackhole)
+    {
+        blackhole.consume(" " .repeat(LARGE));
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws RunnerException
+    {
+        Options opt = new OptionsBuilder()
+            .include(IndentBenchmark.class.getSimpleName())
+            .addProfiler(GCProfiler.class)
+            .forks(1)
+            .build();
+
+        new Runner(opt).run();
+    }
+}