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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
May. 08, 2009
Roger Clive Saunders, Abingdon, GB;
Michael Goulet, Newton, MA (US);
Vashistha Singh, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Roger Clive Saunders, Abingdon, GB;
Michael Goulet, Newton, MA (US);
Vashistha Singh, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
CA, Inc., Islandia, NY (US);
Abstract
A technique for flexibly adding instrumentation to an application. A file is created which includes a dynamic parameter syntax. The file identifies a trace point in the application, such as a method, and the syntax includes one or more parameters which are evaluated when the method is invoked. The parameters can be used to provide cross-process correlation and/or performance metrics. A client process which calls a server process can include the parameter in a message header according to any desired transport protocol, such as HTTP or JMS. Different application protocols and implementation can be accommodated to track a transaction which executes on different platforms. The dynamic parameter syntax is interpreted as uncompiled code and is designed to be added by the user in the field to augment a package of pre-built instrumentation software after the package has been deployed.