Patent ID: 7802234
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for integrating runtime metrics into an integrated development environment (IDE), the IDE including a runtime environment and a user interface environment, the method comprising: defining a policy specifying an operational concern to be monitored in the IDE runtime environment through a policy manager of the IDE user interface enfironment; determining an application component of an application to be monitored in the IDE based on the policy, the application comprising operational logic and business logic, the application component being selected from the operational logic of the application and having associated information in a component repository of the IDE runtime environment, wherein the component repository is configured to provide a list of components that are available to be invoked by the IDE runtime environment; monitoring the application component with a policy agent executing in the IDE runtime environment and enforcing the policy specifying the operational concern to determine a plurality of metrics associated with the application component; transmitting the plurality of metrics to a data collector of the IDE user interface environment; and displaying the metrics to a user of the IDE through the IDE user interface environment.