ControllerStartSampling Method

Starts CPU sampling.

Namespace: YourKit.Profiler.Api
Assembly: YourKit.Profiler.Api (in YourKit.Profiler.Api.dll) Version: 2025.3.143

Syntax

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public void StartSampling(
	CpuProfilingSettings settings
)

Public Sub StartSampling ( 
	settings As CpuProfilingSettings
)

public:
void StartSampling(
	CpuProfilingSettings^ settings
)

member StartSampling : 
        settings : CpuProfilingSettings -> unit

Parameters

settings: Type: YourKit.Profiler.ApiCpuProfilingSettings
CPU sampling settings.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
Exception	If CPU profiling cannot be started. Possible reasons: the profiled application has terminated I/O error

Remarks

When sampling is used, the profiler periodically queries stacks and times of running threads to estimate the slowest parts of the code. In this mode method invocation counts are not available.

If CPU profiling is already running, it will reset and start anew.

Reference

Controller Class

YourKit.Profiler.Api Namespace

StopCpuProfiling

CapturePerformanceSnapshot

ControllerAddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LST6D2401F2_0?cpp=::|nu=.");StartSampling Method

Parameters

Reference

ControllerStartSampling Method