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G11B0027-10 [I,A]; G11B0027-32 [I,C*]; G11B0027-32 [I,A];
G11B0027-34 [I,C*]; G11B0027-34 [I,A]; H04N0005-445 [I,C*];
H04N0005-445 [I,A]
AN 04650160 IFIPAT;IFIUDB;IFICDB
TI DYNAMIC GENERATION OF PROGRAM EXECUTION TRACE FILES IN A STANDARD MARKUP
LANGUAGE
INF Barclay; Brad J., Toronto, CA
Boctor; Emad, Toronto, CA
Hilden; Andrew W., Aurora, CA
McBride; Darin C., Sherwood Park, CA
IN Barclay Brad J (CA); Boctor Emad (CA); Hilden Andrew W (CA); McBride
Darin C (CA)
PAF International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, US
PA International Business Machines Corp (42640)
EXNAM Ingberg, Todd
AG LaBaw, Jeffrey S.
Skarsten, James O.
Yee, Duke W.
PI US 7251809 B2 20070731
US 2003196192 A1 20031016
AI US 2003-411467 20030410
XPD 10 Apr 2023
PRAI CA 2002-2381605 20020412
FI US 7251809 20070731
DT Utility; Granted Patent - Utility, with Pre-Grant Publication
FS ELECTRICAL
GRANTED
ED Entered STN: 1 Aug 2007
Last Updated on STN: 1 Aug 2007
AB The placement of trace points in software code being developed in a
software development tool leads to the generation of trace point messages
when the code is executed. These trace point messages are listened for by
aspects of the software development tool. Responsive to receiving one of
the trace point messages, the software development tool may write
information to a trace file. Advantageously, the trace file is formatted
using a standard markup language format, such as HTML. Consequently, the
trace file is readily readable (including information-conveying
formatting) by a standard, freely available web browser, rather than a
proprietary tool.
NTE Subject to any Disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or
adjusted under 35 USC 154(b) by 749 days.
CLMN 7
CLMI 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
GI 5 Drawing Sheet(s), 5 Figure(s).
FIG. 1 illustrates a logical view of the operation of aspects of a
software development tool;
FIG. 2 illustrates a process flow diagram for a message processing method;
FIG. 3 illustrates a process flow diagram for a trace file formatting
method;
FIG. 4 illustrates a software development system; and
FIG. 5 schematically illustrates interaction between assorted network
components.
ECLM D R A W I N G
1. A method of manipulating a program execution trace file located in a
computer readable medium, said method performed by a data processing unit
executing predetermined computer programmed instructions, comprising:
receiving a trace point message; reading trace point data from said trace
point message; and writing said trace point data to said program
execution trace file on said computer readable medium, where said trace
point data is formatted using a standard markup language that is the
hyper-text mark-up language. wherein said trace point message is
generated in response to an Exit Point placed in a given function, and
said trace point data comprises an identity of said given function and
further comprises a return value for said given function.