Abstract: An agent executed by a computer identifies a critical path of a transaction in a web application. The transaction includes a plurality of methods each representing an operation of the application and asynchronously executed by a server between a beginning of the transaction and an end of the transaction. The agent receives metrics for the transaction, which include identifiers of each executed method and specify relationships between the transaction methods. Based on the received metrics, the agent identifies a method completed at the end of the transaction. Based on the relationships between the methods, the agent determines one or more other methods preceding the identified method in the transaction and affecting a duration of the transaction. The determined methods and the method completed at the end of the transaction are identified as a critical path. Identifiers of the methods on the critical path are sent for display to a user.

Abstract: An agent executed by a computer identifies a critical path of a transaction in a web application. The transaction includes a plurality of methods each representing an operation of the application and asynchronously executed by a server between a beginning of the transaction and an end of the transaction. The agent receives metrics for the transaction, which include identifiers of each executed method and specify relationships between the transaction methods. Based on the received metrics, the agent identifies a method completed at the end of the transaction. Based on the relationships between the methods, the agent determines one or more other methods preceding the identified method in the transaction and affecting a duration of the transaction. The determined methods and the method completed at the end of the transaction are identified as a critical path. Identifiers of the methods on the critical path are sent for display to a user.

Abstract: An agent executed by a computer identifies a critical path of a transaction in a web application. The transaction includes a plurality of methods each representing an operation of the application and asynchronously executed by a server between a beginning of the transaction and an end of the transaction. The agent receives metrics for the transaction, which include identifiers of each executed method and specify relationships between the transaction methods. Based on the received metrics, the agent identifies a method completed at the end of the transaction. Based on the relationships between the methods, the agent determines one or more other methods preceding the identified method in the transaction and affecting a duration of the transaction. The determined methods and the method completed at the end of the transaction are identified as a critical path. Identifiers of the methods on the critical path are sent for display to a user.

Abstract: A "diagramming debugger" creates a graphical representation of the sequence of messages sent during operation of an object-oriented program. When one object transmits a message to another object, the diagramming debugger displays representations of the transmitting and receiving objects on a computer screen, each representation comprising a box with labels identifying the represented object. The box representing a sending object includes therewithin a symbol (comprising, for example, one or more characters) identifying the method that sent the message, while the box representing the receiving object includes therewithin a symbol identifying the method invoked by the message. The message is represented by an arrow pointing from the symbol identifying the sending method to the symbol identifying the invoked method.

Abstract: Acquired sampled waveform data is displayed on a screen as a busform, wherein a change of state in the waveform during a sampling interval is represented by a solid block character on the screen, and wherein the lack of a change of state in any of the channels during a sampling interval is represented by a space character of the same width as the block character. The blocks and spaces representing contiguous sampling intervals are of the same width and are displayed in horizontal sequence across the screen such that the time between state changes is graphically represented by the horizontal distance between the blocks. Numbers indicating the associated waveform state are displayed when possible in the space or spaces following each block character.