Patent ID: 6083281
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer readable storage medium containing a program element implementing a software object, said software object having self-tracing capability, said software object being characterized in that:a) said self-tracing capability is acquired by said software object by inheritance;b) said software object having a traceable object class allowing said software object to manifest said self-tracing capability, said traceable object class including a parameter subclass, said parameter sub-class providing means for storing tracing parameters;c) upon acquisition of said self-tracing capability, said software object implementing:a message analyzer for receiving a message containing a tracing instruction and for processing said tracing instruction to generate tracing data, the tracing data being indicative of events occurring during execution of a certain function by said software object; anda message loader for outputting a message containing the tracing data, the tracing data being recordable in a logfile.