Service accounting method and apparatus for composite service

A method, comprising:

• initiating a first service in a composite service, wherein the first service includes a first component;
• measuring, using at least one processor, a first parameter of the first component on execution of the first service, the first parameter associated with resource consumption;
• generating statistics for resource consumption of the first component over time;
• and
• generating a report for the first service including the statistics for the first component, the report identifying resource consumption of the first component
• wherein execution of the first component has a corresponding execution thread, and
• wherein measuring the first parameter comprises marking the execution thread to identify a measurement start for measuring the first parameter, and marking the execution thread to identify a measurement end for measuring the first parameter.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• initiating execution of a service in a composite service, the composite service accessible in a distributed network of computing devices, the service having at least one component defined by a method and behaviour, wherein execution of the service has a corresponding execution thread;
• measuring at least one parameter associated with the at least one component, the measuring beginning at a start measurement point marked in the execution thread, and the measuring ending at an end measurement point marked in the execution thread;
• creating a statistics object for the at least one parameter;
• relating the statistics object to another parameter;
• and
• reporting the statistics object behaviour for the execution thread over time.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• measuring a parameter of at least one component of a service, the service part of a composite service, the at least one component comprising an execution thread;
• generating statistics for resource consumption of at least one component of the service based on measurements of the parameter, wherein the statistics correspond to resource consumption of a system resource over time, the measurements of the parameter beginning at a start measurement mark in the execution thread, and ending at an end measurement mark in the execution thread;
• and
• generating a presentation format for the statistics.