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+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Memory;
+using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
+using MicroBenchmarks;
+using System;
+
+namespace Benchmark
+{
+    [BenchmarkCategory(Categories.Libraries)]
+    public class GetChildKeysTests
+    {
+        private ChainedConfigurationProvider _chainedConfig;
+        private ChainedConfigurationProvider _chainedConfigEmpty; 
+        private ChainedConfigurationProvider _chainedConfigWithSplitting;
+        private ChainedConfigurationProvider _chainedConfigWithCommonPaths;
+        private readonly string[] _emptyArray = Array.Empty<string>();
+
+        [GlobalSetup]
+        public void SetupBasic()
+        {
+            var emptyKeys = new Dictionary<string, string>() { };
+            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
+            {
+                emptyKeys.Add(new string(' ', i), string.Empty);
+            }
+
+            var inputKeys = new Dictionary<string, string>() { };
+            for (int i = 1000; i < 2000; i++)
+            {
+                inputKeys.Add(i.ToString(), string.Empty);
+            }
+
+            var splittingKeys = new Dictionary<string, string>() { };
+            for (int i = 1000; i < 2000; i++)
+            {
+                splittingKeys.Add("a:" + i.ToString(), string.Empty);
+            }
+
+            var keysWithCommonPaths = new Dictionary<string, string>() { };
+            for (int i = 1000; i < 2000; i++)
+            {
+                keysWithCommonPaths.Add("a:b:c" + i.ToString(), string.Empty);
+            }
+
+            _chainedConfigEmpty = new ChainedConfigurationProvider(new ChainedConfigurationSource
+            {
+                Configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                    .Add(new MemoryConfigurationSource { InitialData = emptyKeys })
+                    .Build(),
+                ShouldDisposeConfiguration = false,
+            });
+
+            _chainedConfig = new ChainedConfigurationProvider(new ChainedConfigurationSource
+            {
+                Configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                    .Add(new MemoryConfigurationSource { InitialData = inputKeys })
+                    .Build(),
+                ShouldDisposeConfiguration = false,
+            });
+
+            _chainedConfigWithSplitting = new ChainedConfigurationProvider(new ChainedConfigurationSource
+            {
+                Configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                    .Add(new MemoryConfigurationSource { InitialData = splittingKeys })
+                    .Build(),
+                ShouldDisposeConfiguration = false,
+            });
+
+            _chainedConfigWithCommonPaths = new ChainedConfigurationProvider(new ChainedConfigurationSource
+            {
+                Configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                    .Add(new MemoryConfigurationSource { InitialData = keysWithCommonPaths })
+                    .Build(),
+                ShouldDisposeConfiguration = false,
+            });
+        }
+
+        [GlobalCleanup(Targets = new[] {
+            nameof(AddChainedConfigurationNoDelimiter),
+            nameof(AddChainedConfigurationEmpty),
+            nameof(AddChainedConfigurationWithSplitting),
+            nameof(AddChainedConfigurationWithCommonPaths)
+        })]
+        public void CleanupBasic()
+        {
+            _chainedConfig.Dispose();
+            _chainedConfigEmpty.Dispose();
+            _chainedConfigWithSplitting.Dispose();
+            _chainedConfigWithCommonPaths.Dispose();
+        }
+
+        [Benchmark]
+        public void AddChainedConfigurationNoDelimiter() => _chainedConfig.GetChildKeys(_emptyArray, null);
+
+        [Benchmark]
+        public void AddChainedConfigurationEmpty() => _chainedConfigEmpty.GetChildKeys(_emptyArray, null);
+
+        [Benchmark]
+        public void AddChainedConfigurationWithSplitting() => _chainedConfigWithSplitting.GetChildKeys(_emptyArray, null);
+
+        [Benchmark]
+        public void AddChainedConfigurationWithCommonPaths() => _chainedConfigWithCommonPaths.GetChildKeys(_emptyArray, null);
+    }
+}