Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of path:pathFinder

Timestamp:

01/07/2014 05:47:25 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

michael.perscheid

Comment:

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path:pathFinder

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- Colored rectangle (left, ''Green''):: 
+ Colored rectangle (left, ''Green''):: Controls the specific test case for !PathFinder's analysis. Developers can choose a new test case for back-in-time debugging or rerun the currently selected one. The color represents the test case result (green = pass, yellow = failure, red = error).
 
- Drop down list button (''Class View''):: 
+ Drop down list button (''Class View''):: Choose between three options and enhance the recorded information of called methods:
+ * ''Class View'': Standard (fastest option), method calls are recorded and shown only with their receiving and implementing class.
+ * ''Object View'': Shows the #printString of receiving objects instead of their class. This allows developers to present more specific information for each object by implementing their own #printString method.  
+ * ''Identity View'': Adds a number behind each method's class in order to identify same objects in the call tree more easily. This view relies on the identity hash. 
 
- Drop down list button (''Without Profiling''):: 
+ Drop down list button (''Without Profiling''):: Choose between four options and enhance the call tree analysis with profiling information:
+ * ''Without Profiling'': Standard, no profiling information is recorded (fastest option).
+ * ''Relative % Profiling'': Presents the percentage value of the entire computation time for a specific method call.
+ * ''Absolute ms Profiling'': Presents the milliseconds of the entire computation time for a specific method call. This also includes the overhead by our analysis. 
+ * ''Call Counts'': Counts the number of calls to the same method. For example, helps to distinguish similar method calls in a large loop construct. 
 
- Five icon buttons (from left to right):: 
+ Five icon buttons (from left to right):: Allows to step the execution in the call tree and its methods in all direction (forward and backward). Requires to activate the stepping within a method (see below). 
+ * ''step over'': Steps over the currently emphasized statement. 
+ * ''step into'': Steps into the currently emphasized statement and its corresponding method call. 
+ * ''step return'': Steps to the method return and continues after the statement that called the chosen method. 
+ * ''step back'': Steps back to the previous statement.
+ * ''step to sender'': Steps back to the method that called this method and continues before the statement that called the chosen method.
 
- Text box (right, ''DTRCorrectionWindowTest>>testAddToDictionary''):: 
+ Text box (right, ''DTRCorrectionWindowTest>>testAddToDictionary''):: Represents a simple search field that tries to match the string with labels in the call tree. Results will be highlighted in the call tree.
 
 === Call tree ===
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