• DocumentCode
    2870840
  • Title

    Snapshot query-based debugging

  • Author

    Potanin, Alex ; Noble, James ; Biddle, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Victoria Univ., Wellington, New Zealand
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    2004
  • Firstpage
    251
  • Lastpage
    259
  • Abstract
    Object-oriented programs, when executed, produce a complex webs of objects and references between them, generally referred to as object graphs. These object graphs are difficult to design correctly and even more difficult to debug if incorrect. Unfortunately, very subtle bugs in object-oriented programs are directly caused by object graph topologies. Snapshot query-based debuggers let programmers examine object graph snapshots of programs in detail using a specially designed query language. This provides users with an ability to debug and examine their programs in great detail at the time when the memory snapshot is taken.
  • Keywords
    object-oriented programming; program debugging; query languages; object graph topology; object-oriented program; query language; snapshot query-based debugging; Computer bugs; Database languages; Programming profession; Prototypes; Skeleton; Software debugging; Software engineering; Topology; Virtual machining; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Software Engineering Conference, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 Australian
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2089-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ASWEC.2004.1290478
  • Filename
    1290478