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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <folly/Benchmark.h>
+#include <folly/init/Init.h>
+
+#include "velox/benchmarks/ExpressionBenchmarkBuilder.h"
+#include "velox/functions/Registerer.h"
+#include "velox/functions/prestosql/Arithmetic.h"
+#include "velox/functions/prestosql/StringFunctions.h"
+#include "velox/functions/prestosql/URLFunctions.h"
+#include "velox/functions/remote/client/Remote.h"
+#include "velox/functions/remote/utils/RemoteFunctionServiceProvider.h"
+#include "velox/type/Type.h"
+
+using namespace facebook::velox;
+using namespace facebook::velox::functions;
+
+DEFINE_int32(batch_size, 1000, "Batch size for benchmarks");
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  folly::Init init(&argc, &argv);
+  memory::MemoryManager::initialize({});
+
+  auto param = getRemoteFunctionServiceParamsForLocalThrift();
+  RemoteVectorFunctionMetadata metadata;
+  metadata.location = param.serverAddress;
+
+  // Register the remote adapter for PlusFunction
+  auto plusSignatures = {exec::FunctionSignatureBuilder()
+                             .returnType("bigint")
+                             .argumentType("bigint")
+                             .argumentType("bigint")
+                             .build()};
+  registerRemoteFunction("remote_plus", plusSignatures, metadata);
+  // Registers the actual function under a different prefix. This is only
+  // needed when thrift service runs in the same process.
+  registerFunction<PlusFunction, int64_t, int64_t, int64_t>(
+      {param.functionPrefix + ".remote_plus"});
+  // register this function again, because the benchmark builder somehow doesn't
+  // recognize the function registered above (remote.xxx).
+  registerFunction<PlusFunction, int64_t, int64_t, int64_t>({"plus"});
+
+  // Register the remote adapter for SubstrFunction
+  auto substrSignatures = {exec::FunctionSignatureBuilder()
+                               .returnType("varchar")
+                               .argumentType("varchar")
+                               .argumentType("integer")
+                               .build()};
+  registerRemoteFunction("remote_substr", substrSignatures, metadata);
+  registerFunction<SubstrFunction, Varchar, Varchar, int32_t>(
+      {param.functionPrefix + ".remote_substr"});
+  registerFunction<SubstrFunction, Varchar, Varchar, int32_t>({"substr"});
+
+  // Register the remote adapter for UrlEncodeFunction
+  auto urlSignatures = {exec::FunctionSignatureBuilder()
+                            .returnType("varchar")
+                            .argumentType("varchar")
+                            .build()};
+  registerRemoteFunction("remote_url_encode", urlSignatures, metadata);
+  registerFunction<UrlEncodeFunction, Varchar, Varchar>(
+      {param.functionPrefix + ".remote_url_encode"});
+  registerFunction<UrlEncodeFunction, Varchar, Varchar>({"url_encode"});
+
+  ExpressionBenchmarkBuilder benchmarkBuilder;
+
+  VectorFuzzer::Options opts;
+  opts.vectorSize = FLAGS_batch_size;
+  opts.stringVariableLength = true;
+  opts.containerVariableLength = true;
+  VectorFuzzer fuzzer(opts, benchmarkBuilder.pool());
+  auto vectorMaker = benchmarkBuilder.vectorMaker();
+
+  // benchmark comparaing PlusFunction running locally (same thread)
+  // and running with RemoteFunction (different threads).
+  benchmarkBuilder
+      .addBenchmarkSet(
+          "local_vs_remote_plus",
+          vectorMaker.rowVector(
+              {"c0", "c1"},
+              {fuzzer.fuzzFlat(BIGINT()), fuzzer.fuzzFlat(BIGINT())}))
+      .addExpression("local_plus", "plus(c0, c1) ")
+      .addExpression("remote_plus", "remote_plus(c0, c1) ")
+      .withIterations(1000);
+
+  // benchmark comparaing SubstrFunction running locally (same thread)
+  // and running with RemoteFunction (different threads).
+  benchmarkBuilder
+      .addBenchmarkSet(
+          "local_vs_remote_substr",
+          vectorMaker.rowVector(
+              {"c0", "c1"},
+              {fuzzer.fuzzFlat(VARCHAR()), fuzzer.fuzzFlat(INTEGER())}))
+      .addExpression("local_substr", "substr(c0, c1) ")
+      .addExpression("remote_substr", "remote_substr(c0, c1) ")
+      .withIterations(1000);
+
+  // benchmark comparaing UrlEncodeFunction running locally (same thread)
+  // and running with RemoteFunction (different threads).
+  benchmarkBuilder
+      .addBenchmarkSet(
+          "local_vs_remote_url_encode",
+          vectorMaker.rowVector({"c0"}, {fuzzer.fuzzFlat(VARCHAR())}))
+      .addExpression("local_url_encode", "url_encode(c0) ")
+      .addExpression("remote_url_encode", "remote_url_encode(c0) ")
+      .withIterations(1000);
+
+  benchmarkBuilder.registerBenchmarks();
+  benchmarkBuilder.testBenchmarks();
+  folly::runBenchmarks();
+  return 0;
+}