Source Container Mechanism for Debugging Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional debuggers and analysis tools in integrated development environments (IDEs) face inefficiencies due to excessive data processing and irrelevant information, particularly when dealing with multiple source files and remote servers, leading to increased time and resource consumption during debugging and profiling tasks.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a source container mechanism that allows users to select and transmit only relevant file pathways to analysis tools, constraining the search space and limiting data analysis to specific files or modules, thereby reducing unnecessary data processing and focusing on pertinent code segments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional debuggers and analysis tools process all source files in an integrated development environment, then comprehensive analysis coverage is achieved, but data processing time and resource consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complete source code base into separate source file units, allowing the analysis tool to process only specific files rather than the entire codebase. This is achieved through the source file unit structure that enables selective transmission of individual source files to the analysis tool, thereby reducing processing time while maintaining the ability to provide comprehensive analysis coverage when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts only the relevant source files needed for the current debugging or analysis task from the complete source codebase. The source file unit mechanism allows the system to select and transmit only the necessary files to the analysis tool, eliminating the need to process irrelevant files and thus reducing data processing time and resource consumption.
2Reliability
If analysis tools receive all source files from remote servers, then complete problem determination is possible, but network data transmission volume increases
Solution Approach 1:
The source file unit structure segments the complete source code into transmittable units, allowing the system to send only the specific source files required for the current analysis task rather than the entire codebase. This segmentation enables selective data transmission that reduces network load while maintaining problem determination completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial action by transmitting only the subset of source files that are relevant to the current debugging or analysis task, rather than transmitting the complete source codebase. This partial transmission approach reduces data transmission volume while still providing sufficient information for complete problem determination in the given context.
3Reliability
If debuggers set breakpoints in all source files, then all potential issues are captured, but the number of irrelevant breakpoints increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the debugging process to operate on individual source file units rather than the entire project. This allows breakpoints to be set only in the relevant source files currently being analyzed, reducing the number of irrelevant breakpoints while maintaining detection coverage for actual issues in those files.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by making the debugging process file-specific rather than project-wide. Each source file unit can have its own set of relevant breakpoints based on the specific analysis needs, improving the signal-to-noise ratio by eliminating breakpoints in unrelated files while maintaining comprehensive coverage within the relevant files.
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AI summary
A source container for use in a computer system executing problem determination tools in an integrated environment across a computer network, the source container comprising a list of pathways to a plurality of source files and module objects. A software development may create the source container independently or within the front end of a problem determination tool. The front end of the problem determination tools sends the source container to its engine, and only source files and module objects having a pathway in the source container are analyzed within the engine of the problem determination tool. Furthermore, the results of the analysis of only those source files and module objects having a pathway in the source container are returned to the front end of the problem determination tool for viewing by the software developer. The front ends of the tools of the integrated development environment, the source files, the module objects, the engines of the tools, and different tools may all be located on different servers and/or clients across a computer network.