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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2014
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jean-Francois Denise, Biviers, FR;
Steven J. Drach, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles J. Hunt, Libertyville, IL (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the execution of a software program. During operation, the system obtains a memory layout for an object instance in a software program, wherein the memory layout includes a set of offsets and a set of allocated sizes of a set of components associated with the object instance. Next, the system uses the memory layout to determine a first memory space occupied by data in the object instance and a second memory space occupied by padding in the object instance. The system then displays a visualization of the memory layout on the computer system, wherein the visualization includes a first graphical distinction between the first memory space and the second memory space.