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D. VostokovFundamentals of Trace and Log Analysishttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9896-1_8

8. Block Patterns

Dmitry Vostokov1  
(1)
Dalkey, Dublin, Ireland
 
The seventh type of patterns we cover is Block patterns of message aggregates, message blocks, and correlation inside the same trace or log. Their pattern language names are

  • Macrofunction

  • Periodic Message Block

  • Intra-correlation

Macrofunction

Several trace messages may form a single semantic unit that we call Macrofunction compared to individual trace messages that serve the role of “microfunctions.” In Listing 8-1, we provide an example of a software log fragment for an attempt to update a database. ...

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