AMIDA: a sequence diagram extraction toolkit supporting automatic phase detection

ABSTRACT

Amida is a toolkit to record an execution trace of a Java program and visualize the trace as a sequence diagram. Amida supports our novel approach to efficiently detecting phases; the algorithm precisely divides a long execution trace into a series of smaller diagrams corresponding to features (or tasks to achieve a feature) without deep knowledge on a target system.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.5 Testing and Debugging
          Subjects: Tracing

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.5 Testing and Debugging
          Subjects: Debugging aids

General Terms:
Experimentation

Keywords:
dynamic analysis, java, phase detection, software visualization