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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Lightbend Inc. <http://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.http
+
+import java.util.concurrent.{ CountDownLatch, TimeUnit }
+
+import akka.NotUsed
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem
+import akka.http.impl.util.ByteStringRendering
+import akka.http.scaladsl.{ Http, HttpExt }
+import akka.http.scaladsl.Http.ServerBinding
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model._
+import akka.http.scaladsl.server.Directives._
+import akka.http.scaladsl.unmarshalling._
+import akka.stream._
+import akka.stream.TLSProtocol.{ SslTlsInbound, SslTlsOutbound }
+import akka.stream.scaladsl._
+import akka.stream.stage.{ GraphStage, GraphStageLogic }
+import akka.util.ByteString
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations._
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.Blackhole
+
+import scala.concurrent.{ Await, Future }
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+import scala.util.Try
+
+/*
+Baseline: 
+ 
+ [info] Benchmark                                      Mode  Cnt       Score       Error  Units
+ [info] HttpBlueprintBenchmark.run_10000_reqs         thrpt   20  197972.659 ± 14512.694  ops/s
+ */
+@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+@BenchmarkMode(Array(Mode.Throughput))
+class HttpBlueprintBenchmark {
+
+  val config = ConfigFactory.parseString(
+    """
+      akka {
+        loglevel = "WARNING"
+        
+        stream.materializer {
+        
+          # default: sync-processing-limit = 1000
+          sync-processing-limit = 1000
+          
+          # default: output-burst-limit = 10000
+          output-burst-limit = 1000
+          
+          # default: initial-input-buffer-size = 4
+          initial-input-buffer-size = 4
+          
+          # default: max-input-buffer-size = 16
+          max-input-buffer-size = 16
+          
+        }
+        
+        http {
+          # default: request-timeout = 20s 
+          request-timeout = infinite # disabled
+          # request-timeout = 20s 
+        }
+      }""".stripMargin
+  ).withFallback(ConfigFactory.load())
+
+  implicit val system: ActorSystem = ActorSystem("HttpBenchmark", config)
+
+  val materializer: ActorMaterializer = ActorMaterializer()
+  val notFusingMaterializer = ActorMaterializer(materializer.settings.withAutoFusing(false))
+
+  val request: HttpRequest = HttpRequest()
+  val requestRendered = ByteString(
+    "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n" +
+      "Accept: */*\r\n" +
+      "Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\n" +
+      "Connection: keep-alive\r\n" +
+      "Host: example.com\r\n" +
+      "User-Agent: HTTPie/0.9.3\r\n" +
+      "\r\n"
+  )
+
+  val response: HttpResponse = HttpResponse()
+  val responseRendered: ByteString = ByteString(
+    s"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n" +
+      s"Content-Length: 0\r\n" +
+      s"\r\n"
+  )
+
+  def TCPPlacebo(requests: Int): Flow[ByteString, ByteString, NotUsed] =
+    Flow.fromSinkAndSource(
+      Flow[ByteString].takeWhile(it => !(it.utf8String contains "Connection: close")) to Sink.ignore,
+      Source.repeat(requestRendered).take(requests)
+    )
+
+  def layer: BidiFlow[HttpResponse, SslTlsOutbound, SslTlsInbound, HttpRequest, NotUsed] = Http().serverLayer()(materializer)
+  def server(requests: Int): Flow[HttpResponse, HttpRequest, _] = layer atop TLSPlacebo() join TCPPlacebo(requests)
+
+  val reply = Flow[HttpRequest].map { _ => response }
+
+  @TearDown
+  def shutdown(): Unit = {
+    Await.result(system.terminate(), 5.seconds)
+  }
+
+  val nothingHere: Flow[HttpRequest, HttpResponse, NotUsed] =
+    Flow.fromSinkAndSource(Sink.cancelled, Source.empty)
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @OperationsPerInvocation(100)
+  def run_100_reqs(blackhole: Blackhole) = {
+    val n = 100
+    val latch = new CountDownLatch(n)
+
+    val replyCountdown = reply map { x =>
+      latch.countDown()
+      blackhole.consume(x)
+      x
+    }
+    server(n).joinMat(replyCountdown)(Keep.right).run()(materializer)
+
+    latch.await()
+  }
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @OperationsPerInvocation(100 * 1000)
+  def run_10000_reqs(blackhole: Blackhole) = {
+    val n = 100 * 1000
+    val latch = new CountDownLatch(n)
+
+    val replyCountdown = reply map { x =>
+      latch.countDown()
+      blackhole.consume(x)
+      x
+    }
+    server(n).joinMat(replyCountdown)(Keep.right).run()(materializer)
+
+    latch.await()
+  }
+
+}