Revit 2011 filter performance testing

FilterPerformance.cs

//
// Compare TypeFilter versus using an 
// anonymous method to filter elements.
// By Guy Robinson, [email protected].
//
// Copyright (C) 2008 by Jeremy Tammik, 
// Autodesk Inc. All rights reserved.
//
// Updated to the Revit 2011 API and added LINQ filtering.
// Changed the anonymous method to a lambda expression.
// By Piotr Zurek, [email protected]
//

#region Imported Namespaces

//.NET common used namespaces
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Collections.Generic;

//Revit.NET common used namespaces
using Autodesk.Revit.Attributes;
using Autodesk.Revit.DB;
using Autodesk.Revit.UI;

using Application = Autodesk.Revit.ApplicationServices.Application;

#endregion

namespace FilterPerformance
{
    [Transaction(TransactionMode.Manual)]
    [Regeneration(RegenerationOption.Manual)]
    public class Commands : IExternalCommand
    {
        public Result Execute(ExternalCommandData commandData,
                              ref string message,
                              ElementSet elements)
        {
            try
            {
                UIApplication uiApp = commandData.Application;
                UIDocument uiDoc = uiApp.ActiveUIDocument;
                Application app = uiApp.Application;
                Document doc = uiDoc.Document;

                Stopwatch sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();

                // f5 = f1 && f4 
                //    = f1 && (f2 || f3) 
                //    = family instance and (door or window)

                #region Filters and collector definitions
                ElementClassFilter f1 = new ElementClassFilter(typeof(FamilyInstance));
                ElementCategoryFilter f2 = new ElementCategoryFilter(BuiltInCategory.OST_Doors);
                ElementCategoryFilter f3 = new ElementCategoryFilter(BuiltInCategory.OST_Windows);
                LogicalOrFilter f4 = new LogicalOrFilter(f2, f3);
                LogicalAndFilter f5 = new LogicalAndFilter(f1, f4);

                FilteredElementCollector collector = new FilteredElementCollector(doc);
                #endregion

                //#region Filtering with a class filter
                //List<Element> openingInstances = collector.WherePasses(f5).ToElements() as List<Element>;
                //#endregion

                #region Filtering with a lambda expression
                List<Element> openings = collector.WherePasses(f4).ToElements() as List<Element>;
                List<Element> openingInstances = openings.FindAll(element => element is FamilyInstance);
                #endregion

                //#region Filtering with LINQ
                //List<Element> openings = collector.WherePasses(f4).ToElements() as List<Element>;
                //List<Element> openingInstances = (from instances in openings
                //                                  where instances is FamilyInstance
                //                                  select instances).ToList<Element>();
                //#endregion

                int n = openingInstances.Count;
                sw.Stop();

                Debug.WriteLine(string.Format("Time to get {0} elements: {1}ms", n, sw.ElapsedMilliseconds));

                return Result.Succeeded;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                message = ex.Message + ex.StackTrace;
                return Result.Failed;
            }
        }
    }
}