Model oriented debugging

• US 20080301648A1
• Filed: 06/01/2007
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Heidasch, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 8,156,473 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/129
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3644 by instrumenting at runtime

Abstract

A system and method for debugging a business application that has been generated according to a model are disclosed. A system includes a debugger that generates a model-oriented debugging view based on a model-oriented development environment that generates the business application. The model-oriented debugging view uses debugging information determined from a Java virtual machine that executes the business application to generate one or more breakpoints in the model-oriented debugging view.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of debugging an executing business application that has been generated according to a model, the method comprising:

detecting a problem in the executing business application to generate debugging data;

generating a model-oriented debugging view of the executing business application based on the model; and

associating the debugging data to the model-oriented debugging view to generate at least one model-oriented debugging breakpoint for the executing business application.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the debugging data includes a Java class identifier.

3. A method in accordance with claim 2, further comprising associating the Java class identifier with a model identifier that identifies the model.

4. A method in accordance with claim 2, wherein the debugging data further includes a Java resource line number that defines a particular statement of a Java class of the executing business application.

5. A method in accordance with claim 4, further comprising associating the Java class identifier and the Java resource line number with a model identifier that identifies the model and a model element identifier that identifies a particular element of the model.

6. A method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising converting the model-oriented debugging view into Java resource identification information.

7. A method in accordance with claim 6, further comprising debugging one or more Java classes associated with the Java resource identification information.

8. A method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

converting the model-oriented debugging view into Java resource information; and

debugging at least one Java class associated least one model-oriented debugging breakpoint according to the Java resource information.

9. A method in accordance with claim 8, wherein the model-oriented debugging view includes a model identifier and a model element identifier.

10. A method in accordance with claim 9, wherein the Java resource information includes a Java resource name and a Java resource line number.

11. A computer-implemented method comprising:

generating a model of a business application;

generating Java classes based on the model of the business application;

executing, using a Java virtual machine, machine code based on the Java classes;

detecting a problem in the executing machine code to generate debugging data;

generating a model-oriented debugging view of the executing business application based on the model of the business application; and

associating the debugging data with the model-oriented debugging view to generate at least one model-oriented debugging breakpoint in the model-oriented debugging view for the business application.

12. A computer-implemented method in accordance with claim 11, further comprising converting the breakpoint in the model-oriented debugging view into a breakpoint in the machine code.

13. A computer-implemented method in accordance with claim 12, wherein converting the breakpoint in the model-oriented debugging view into the breakpoint in the machine code includes:

determining a model identifier of the model of the business application; and

determining a model element identifier of an element of the model.

14. A computer-implemented method in accordance with claim 13, wherein converting the breakpoint in the model-oriented debugging view into the breakpoint in the machine code further includes:

determining a Java resource name based on the model identifier.

15. A computer-implemented method in accordance with claim 14, wherein converting the breakpoint in the model-oriented debugging view into the breakpoint in the machine code further includes:

determining a Java resource line number based on the model element identifier and Java resource name.

16. A system for debugging a business application that has been generated according to a model, the system comprising:

a debugger that generates a model-oriented debugging view based on a model-oriented development environment that generates the business application, the model-oriented debugging view using debugging information determined from a Java virtual machine that executes the business application to generate one or more breakpoints in the model-oriented debugging view.