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Method and system for analyzing and displaying program information

US6240549A · kind A · utility

32Cited by
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13Claims
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Filing dateAug 18, 1999
Grant dateMay 29, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 18, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3698
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Through an operation of a debugger 57, a process with respect to certain assumed collaboration is carried out for each module such that breakpoints may be set up at appropriate locations in a program. Executing the program, call relations up to a setup time of a breakpoint are stacked on a call stack. Using the debugger 57, these call relations are stored into a collaboration repository 51. A builder 52 is a means for controlling an overall development environment. This builder 52 may call a debugger 57 or another function 53 for displaying program information that comprises a collaboration matrix 54, a call graph 55, a class browser 56 and the like.

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