JPH05324394A - Debugging device for distributed program - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the debugging device for the distributed program capable of reducing the burden of an operator by a system operation procedure and a debugging command independent of a computer system being a single computer system. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with application programs 8 and 14, a presence information input part 1 for indicating correspondence to the computer systems 100 and 200, a debugging command input part 4 in an expression form independent of the computer system, a host control part 5 and a server control part 11 for retrieving the computer system during the execution of the application program of debugging command information and collecting the debugged result information of the expression form independent of the computer system, debugging command form conversion parts 6 and 12 for converting transferred debugging command information to the expression form of the computer system, debugging parts 7 and 13 for obtaining the debugged result with the converted debugging command information and debugged result form conversion parts 9 and 15 for displaying the debugged result in the expression form independent of the computer system.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a distributed program debugging device, and more particularly to a distributed program debugging device in a plurality of computer systems.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the case of a conventional distributed program debugging device that performs debugging in the development work of application programs that are implemented on a plurality of computer systems and are related to each other and realize a single integrated function. , It was necessary to assign an operator to each computer system and input instructions for debugging in synchronization with each other.

Further, since the command formats of the debug devices in individual computer systems are usually different from each other,
It was necessary to be familiar with the command formats of all computer systems that execute application programs.

Similarly, the system operating procedures for each computer system are usually different from each other, so that it is necessary for the operator to be familiar with the system operating procedures of all computer systems executing the application programs.

Further, in the debugging work, it is necessary to inform the operator in advance which computer system each application program is executed on, and the operator is in charge of the individual application program currently being debugged. It was necessary to input the command, always keeping in mind the correspondence with the computer system executing the application program.

[0006]

In the above-described conventional distributed program debugging device, the individual computer systems that implement each of the application programs that are related to each other and realize one integrated function are remote from each other. Since it is often placed on the ground and it is necessary to perform debugging work in synchronization with each other, it is usually impossible for one operator to perform the work. It is also difficult for one operator to understand all the command formats and system operation procedures that differ for each computer, as the number of computer systems increases.

Even if the work procedure is changed by a plurality of operators to carry out the debugging work in a shared manner, the operator is secured to cover all the command formats and system operation procedures of individual computer systems. It becomes difficult as the number of computer systems increases, and even if it can be secured, the number of man-hours required for synchronizing the debugging work becomes enormous, which is not realistic.

Furthermore, since the operator must always remember the correspondence between the application program and the computer system that executes the application program, there is a problem that the operator's load becomes high.

An object of the present invention is to debug an application program group mounted on a plurality of computer systems and realizing a single function as a whole with a debug command and a system operation procedure that does not depend on the computer system. It is an object of the present invention to provide a distributed program debugging device capable of significantly reducing the load on the operator.

[0010]

A distributed program debugging apparatus according to the present invention includes presence information input means for inputting presence information indicating a correspondence between an application program and a computer system that executes the application program, and the input presence information. Presence information registration and holding means for registering and holding the same, debug command input means for inputting debug command information in an expression format independent of the computer system, and presence information registered and held by referring to the presence information. Of the debug command information is searched for a computer system that is executing the application program, the debug command information input to the computer system is transferred to the computer system, and the debug result is expressed in an expression format independent of the computer system. Transfer collection means for collecting information,
Debug command format conversion means for converting the transferred debug command information into an expression format transferred to the transferred computer system, and a debug result of performing an operation for debugging the application program by the converted debug command information. And a debug result format conversion means for displaying the debug result in an expression format independent of the computer system, and a debug result output means for outputting the collected debug result. ..

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a distributed program debugging apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the distributed program debugging apparatus according to the present embodiment has computer systems 100 and 200.
2 shows the case where the two systems are connected via the communication path 300.

The application programs 8 and 14 are distributed and installed in the computer systems 100 and 200, respectively, and one of these application programs realizes one function.

The application program 8 to be started first is the application program 8, and the application program 14 is started by the method pre-arranged between the computer systems 100 and 200.

While the application program 14 is being executed, the application program 8 is in a state of suspending its execution. The application program 8 in the suspended state notifies the computer system 100 in advance of the notification of the end of the application program 14.
When it is received from the application program 14, the execution is restarted by the method that has been agreed between No. 200 and No. 200.

The debug unit 7 in the computer system 100 and the debug unit 13 in the computer system 200 have a system of debug command information having different expression formats in order to receive an instruction for debugging work. However, the operator performs the debugging work of the application program 8 and the application program 14 by using the debug command in the common format whose expression format does not depend on the debug section 7 and the debug section 13.

Similarly, the system of the debug result information indicating the result of the debug work also has the expression format of the debug unit 7 in the computer system 100, the expression format of the debug unit 13 in the computer system 200, and the debug unit 7 and There are three systems: a common format expression format that does not depend on the debug unit 13.

The operator uses the debug result information in a common format independent of the debug section 7 and the debug section 13 to debug the application program 8 and the application program 14.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

Prior to the debugging operation, the operator uses the presence information input unit 1 to input the presence information indicating the correspondence between the application programs 8 and 14 and the computer systems 100 and 200 to the presence information registration unit 2.

The presence information registration unit 2 registers the application presence information input from the presence information input unit 1 in the presence information table 3.

The existence information table 3 is a table for holding therein the application existence information registered by the existence information registration unit 2.

Application programs 8 and 14
When performing the debugging work on the computer system, the operator operates the debug unit 7 in the computer system 100 and the computer system 200.
Common debug command information that does not depend on the debug unit 13 is input from the debug command input unit 4.

The debug command input section 4 outputs the inputted debug command information in the common format to the host control section 5.

The host control unit 5 compares the application program presence information held in the presence information table 3 with the debug command information in the common format output from the debug command input unit 4, and debug information in the common format. , Which corresponds to the application program 8 in the computer system 100 or the application program 14 in the computer system 200.

When the host control unit 5 determines that the debug command information in the common format corresponds to the application program 8 in the computer system 100, the host control unit 5 outputs from the debug command input unit 4. The debug command information in the common format is output to the debug command format conversion unit 6 in the computer system 100.

The debug command format conversion unit 6 converts the format of the common format debug command information output from the host control unit 5 into a format belonging to the system of the debug unit 7 in the computer system 100, and then converts the format. The subsequent information is output to the debug unit 7.

The debug section 7 has an application program 8 corresponding to the debug command information of the computer system 100 output from the debug command format conversion section 6.
And outputs the result of the debug operation to the debug result format conversion section 9. The debug result format conversion section 9 debugs the format of the debug result information of the computer system 100 output from the debug section 7. After converting to a format belonging to a common format system that does not depend on the units 7 and 13, the converted information is output to the host control unit 5.

The host controller 5 outputs the debug result information in the common format output from the debug result format converter 9 to the debug result output unit 10.

The debug result output unit 10 informs the operator of the contents of the debug result information in the common format output from the host control unit 5.

On the other hand, when the host control unit 5 determines that the debug command information in the common format corresponds to the application program 14 in the computer system 200, the host control unit 5 uses the debug command input unit 4 Output the debug command information in common format,
It is output to the server control unit 11 in the computer system 200 via the communication path 3.

The server control unit 11 outputs the debug command information in the common format output from the host control unit 5 via the communication path 3 to the debug command format conversion unit 12.

The debug command format conversion unit 12 converts the format of the debug command information in the common format output from the server control unit 11 into a format belonging to the system of the debug unit 13 in the computer system 200, and then converts it. The subsequent information is output to the debug unit 13.

The debug unit 13 performs a debug operation on the application program 14 corresponding to the debug command information of the computer system 200 output from the debug command format conversion unit 12, and outputs the result of the debug operation to the debug result format conversion unit. Output to 15.

The debug result format conversion section 15 converts the format of the debug result information of the computer system 200 output from the debug section 13 into a format belonging to a common format system independent of the debug sections 7 and 13 and then converted. The subsequent information is output to the server control unit 11.

The server control unit 11 outputs the debug command information in the common format output from the debug result format conversion unit 15 to the host control unit 5 via the communication path 300.

The server control unit 11 is connected via the communication path 300.
The operation of the host control unit 5 and the debug result output unit 10 after inputting the debug result information of the common format output from the host control unit 5 is the same as the operation of the debug result information of the common format in the computer system 100. It is the same.

From the above description of the operation, the computer system 1
00, it is possible to debug the application program 14 in the computer system 200.

[0040]

As described above, the distributed program debugging apparatus of the present invention can be installed on all computer systems executing an application program group by placing only one operator in one computer system. The application program can be debugged, and the operator only has to learn the unified system of one type of command format and the system operation procedure regarding the debug work, and the operator has the application program and the application program. Since it is not necessary to remember the correspondence with the computer system that executes, there is an effect that the load on the operator can be significantly reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a distributed program debugging device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Presence Information Input Section 2 Presence Information Registration Section 3 Presence Information Table 4 Debug Command Input Section 5 Host Control Section 6, 12 Debug Command Format Conversion Section 7, 13 Debug Section 8, 14 Application Program 9, 15 Debug Result Format Conversion Section 10 Dehag result output unit 11 Server control unit 100, 200 Computer system 300 Communication path

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Presence information input means for inputting presence information indicating a correspondence between an application program and a computer system executing the same, and presence information registration holding means for registering the input presence information and holding it. Debug command input means for inputting debug command information in a representation format that does not depend on the computer system, and executes the application program that is the target of the input debug command information with reference to the existing information that is registered and held. And a transfer collecting means for searching the operating computer system, transferring the input debug command information to the computer system, and collecting debug result information expressed in an expression format independent of the computer system, and the transferred debug. A table that depends on the computer system to which the command information was transferred Debug command format conversion means for converting to the present format, debug means for performing an operation for debugging the application program by the converted debug command information to obtain the debug result, and expression of the debug result independent of the computer system Debug result format conversion means for displaying in format,
And a debug result output means for outputting the collected debug result.