Abstract: A system and method facilitating diagnostics support is provided. The system includes application(s) instrumented in accordance with a built-in diagnostics (BID) framework, and, trace component(s). The trace component can selectively employ none, some and/or substantially all of the trace point(s) associated with the application. The system can facilitate instrumentation of a managed data access stack, for example, to enhance supportability of the application.

Abstract: A system and method facilitating diagnostics support is provided. The system includes application(s) instrumented in accordance with a built-in diagnostics (BID) framework, and, trace component(s). The trace component can selectively employ none, some and/or substantially all of the trace point(s) associated with the application. The system can facilitate instrumentation of a managed data access stack, for example, to enhance supportability of the application. The BID framework is a general purpose instrumentation framework that enables trace-point(s) to be embedded into a code base. The instrumentation thus comprises of a set of calls added throughout the code to notify trace component(s) (e.g., tracing library) of component activity(ies) associated with the application. The BID framework thus provides the means to include trace-points in code and to bind the instrumented binaries to trace component(s) (e.g., trace-library) dynamically (e.g., based on configuration).