System and method for enabling tracing of program execution in a

Details System and method for enabling tracing of program execution in a System and method for enabling tracing of program execution in a

1997-10-03

2000-10-31

Lee, Thomas C.

G06F 940

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061391980

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for enabling a tracing of program execution within an object-oriented programming language environment. A new tracing class is created which is derived from the original class. When tracing is desired, a user creates instances of the tracing subclass instead of the original class and this instance is used in place of the original object. When tracing is not desired, a user merely creates and uses an instance of the original class. The new tracing subclass incorporates "print" statements, which permit observation of the control of code flow within the object.

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