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D. VostokovFundamentals of Trace and Log Analysishttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9896-1_10

10. Data Patterns

Dmitry Vostokov1  
(1)
Dalkey, Dublin, Ireland
 
The last block of patterns we cover is patterns for interpreting software traces and logs as data. Their pattern language names are

  • Data Flow ↓

  • Back Trace ↓

  • Counter Value

  • Data Association

  • Data Selector

  • Null Reference

  • Signal

  • Visitor Trace

  • Watch Thread

  • State Dump

Data Flow

If trace messages contain some character or formatted data passed from module to module or between threads and processes, it is possible to trace that data and form a Data Flow thread similar to the Adjoint Thread of Activity ...

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