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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2008
Eric B. Munson, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ramachandra N. Pai, Beaverton, OR (US);
Timothy C. Pepper, Tigard, OR (US);
Nathan V. Bak, Portland, OR (US);
Gerrit Huizenga, Portland, OR (US);
Patricia A. Gaughen, Portland, OR (US);
Eric B. Munson, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ramachandra N. Pai, Beaverton, OR (US);
Timothy C. Pepper, Tigard, OR (US);
Nathan V. Bak, Portland, OR (US);
Gerrit Huizenga, Portland, OR (US);
Patricia A. Gaughen, Portland, OR (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for software debugging using annotation metadata. A set of metadata comprising source code annotation information for a software program is maintained, together with data/metadata relationships between individual units of the metadata and individual units of the source code. A software debugging point is set that is associated with debugging point metadata comprising one or more units the metadata. A debugging action is performed when execution of the software program reaches said debugging point.