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JaVis: A UML-Based Visualization and Debugging Environment for Concurrent Java Programs

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Software Visualization

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 2269))

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Debugging concurrent Java programs is a difficult task because of multiple control flows and inherent nondeterminism. It requires techniques not provided by traditional debuggers such as tracing, visualization, and automated error analysis. Therefore, we have developed the JaVis environment for visualizing and debugging concurrent Java programs. The information about a running program is collected by tracing. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is used for the visualization of traces. Traces are automatically analyzed for deadlocks. The tracingis implemented usingthe Java Debug Interface (JDI) of the Java Platform Debugger Architecture. The visualization is integrated into the UML CASE tool Together.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Paderborn, D-33095, Paderborn, Germany

    Katharina Mehner

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  1. FR Informatik, Saarland University, PO Box 15 11 50, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Stephan Diehl

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Mehner, K. (2002). JaVis: A UML-Based Visualization and Debugging Environment for Concurrent Java Programs. In: Diehl, S. (eds) Software Visualization. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2269. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45875-1_13

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