Execution Control of Java Programs by Class File Transformation

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Abstract

  We propose an idea of identifying a point in a program execution trace
by a pair of ``line number in source files'' and a counter, ``timestamp''.
The counter increases when a control point in a program
jumps such as function calls and loops.  We call
the point in a trace ``position'' and apply it to the execution control
of programs for debugging, and so on.
  We implemented the timestamp system for Java programs.
Transforming Java class files, we inserted bytecodes
for updating timestamp just before the control point jumps.
In this paper, we describe the applications
and the implementation details  of ``position''.
Overhead measurement of added codes is also included.

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