%Debugger.System

class %Debugger.System extends %Library.RegisteredObject

The system debugger allows external debugging of processes via a set of debugging commands provided by the class %Debugger.System. The debugger may be used to attach to processes running ObjectScript routines, or to start routines for debugging. In either case, the user must:

• Start a target process, specifying what routine it is to execute (optional)
• Attach to the target process
• Issue commands to the target process to control its execution

Any process executing routines may be attached to by a user with suitable privileges.

Debugging methods are provided which allow the user to:

• Attach to the process and put it in break mode
• Control execution (break, step, step into, step out, continue)
• Set and clear breakpoints and watchpoints
• View current location and stack information
• View and set variables, evaluate expressions, and execute COS commands

Commands may only be issued when the target is in break mode. Since the state of the target is uncertain following any debugger command, the method IsStopped() must be used to test if the process is in fact in break mode. After a process has been attached, this method must be called, and return successfully, following every debugger command, before another command may be issued. The exceptions are Unattach() (detach from a process and stop debugging), and Break() (break into a process which is executing under debugger control).

Location information is automatically returned whenever the process breaks. The property Location contains the raw location information. The methods GetOffset() and GetSource() may be used to obtain analysed location and source data.

Terminals

Two terminal output windows may be started. One of the windows is started when processes are started by the debugger,and is the principle device for the process.

Another window may be started after any process is attached, which is the debug device for the process. All debugger output is displayed in this window.

Both of these windows are also available when debugging remote processes. In this case, the windows are started on the local platform.

Starting a routine

The Debugger provides a stub which is jobbed to create a debug process. This stub awaits debugger commands to open a terminal window, and execute the desired routine.

The method StartTarget(), which takes a routine name as an argument, uses this stub to begin debugging a routine. It jobs the stub to begin execution, starts the Cterm windows, attaches to the process, and signals what routine is to be run. Upon completion, the process is ready for debugging. Breakpoints may be set and the routine executed.

Attaching a process

Any process may be attached for debugging. The method Attach() takes a numeric process id as an argument. Upon successful completion, the target is ready to be debugged.

Remote Debugging

Remote and local debugging are identical, except for the sequence of commands required to open the Cterm windows. Since the Cterm windows are on the local platform, a separate %Debugger.System instance must be used on the local and remote platforms.

To start a process, the user follows this sequence:

• (Remote platform) Start the target stub via StartTargetRemote()
• (Local platform) Start the cterm via Cterm(), using the output port information returned from StartTargetRemote()
• (Remote platform) Attach the target stub via DebugTarget()

Remember that upon successful completion of any command, the target may not be in break mode. The method IsStopped() must be explicitly invoked, and return a success code, before any new commands may be issued.

Property Inventory

• Attached
• CmdId
• DebId
• Dev
• DevOpen
• Job
• Killtarget
• Location
• OutputToDebugDevice
• Pid
• RsetVars
• Sid
• Stack
• Stopped
• atelierTrace
• trace

Method Inventory

• Atelierv5EvalOref()
• Attach()
• Break()
• ClearBreakpoints()
• DBGCommand()
• DebugStub()
• DisableBreakpoint()
• DisableWatchpoint()
• Eval()
• EvalOref()
• GetValue()
• Go()
• GoTo()
• Interrupt()
• IsStopped()
• Line()
• LineIn()
• LineOut()
• LocalIO()
• RemoveBreakpoint()
• RemoveWatchpoint()
• Resume()
• SetBreakpoint()
• SetValue()
• SetWatchpoint()
• StackVars()
• StartTarget()
• Step()
• StepIn()
• StepOut()
• Trace()
• Unattach()
• Write()

Properties

property Attached as %Boolean [ InitialExpression = 0 ];

Flag indicating whether we are Attached to a target.

Property methods: AttachedDisplayToLogical(), AttachedGet(), AttachedIsValid(), AttachedLogicalToDisplay(), AttachedNormalize(), AttachedSet()

property CmdId as %String;

Command ID of target process. Target waits for commands on this Event

Property methods: CmdIdDisplayToLogical(), CmdIdGet(), CmdIdIsValid(), CmdIdLogicalToDisplay(), CmdIdLogicalToOdbc(), CmdIdNormalize(), CmdIdSet()

property DebId as %String (TRUNCATE = 1);

Event id of this debugger instance

Property methods: DebIdDisplayToLogical(), DebIdGet(), DebIdIsValid(), DebIdLogicalToDisplay(), DebIdLogicalToOdbc(), DebIdNormalize(), DebIdSet()

property Dev as %String (TRUNCATE = 1);

Device for i/o redirecttion

Property methods: DevDisplayToLogical(), DevGet(), DevIsValid(), DevLogicalToDisplay(), DevLogicalToOdbc(), DevNormalize(), DevSet()

property DevOpen as %Boolean [ InitialExpression = 0 ];

Flag indicating we have attempted to open an i/o device

Property methods: DevOpenDisplayToLogical(), DevOpenGet(), DevOpenIsValid(), DevOpenLogicalToDisplay(), DevOpenNormalize(), DevOpenSet()

property Job as %Integer;

Job number of target process

Property methods: JobDisplayToLogical(), JobGet(), JobIsValid(), JobLogicalToDisplay(), JobNormalize(), JobSet()

property Killtarget as %Boolean [ InitialExpression = 0 ];

Kill target on disconnect flag

Property methods: KilltargetDisplayToLogical(), KilltargetGet(), KilltargetIsValid(), KilltargetLogicalToDisplay(), KilltargetNormalize(), KilltargetSet()

property Location as %String (TRUNCATE = 0);

Current Location info for target process

Property methods: LocationDisplayToLogical(), LocationGet(), LocationIsValid(), LocationLogicalToDisplay(), LocationLogicalToOdbc(), LocationNormalize(), LocationSet()

property OutputToDebugDevice [ InitialExpression = 1 ];

This property can be used to disable outputing of device data by setting the value to 0

Property methods: OutputToDebugDeviceDisplayToLogical(), OutputToDebugDeviceGet(), OutputToDebugDeviceIsValid(), OutputToDebugDeviceLogicalToDisplay(), OutputToDebugDeviceLogicalToOdbc(), OutputToDebugDeviceNormalize(), OutputToDebugDeviceSet()

property Pid as %String (TRUNCATE = 1);

Process ID of target process

Property methods: PidDisplayToLogical(), PidGet(), PidIsValid(), PidLogicalToDisplay(), PidLogicalToOdbc(), PidNormalize(), PidSet()

property RsetVars as %ResultSet [ InitialExpression = 0 ];

Result set for Variables

Property methods: RsetVarsGet(), RsetVarsGetSwizzled(), RsetVarsIsValid(), RsetVarsNewObject(), RsetVarsSet()

property Sid as %String (TRUNCATE = 1);

Session ID of target process. Target signals on this Event.

Property methods: SidDisplayToLogical(), SidGet(), SidIsValid(), SidLogicalToDisplay(), SidLogicalToOdbc(), SidNormalize(), SidSet()

property Stack as %String (TRUNCATE = 0);

Current Stack info for target process

Property methods: StackDisplayToLogical(), StackGet(), StackIsValid(), StackLogicalToDisplay(), StackLogicalToOdbc(), StackNormalize(), StackSet()

property Stopped as %Boolean [ InitialExpression = 0 ];

Flag indicating if target is stopped

Property methods: StoppedDisplayToLogical(), StoppedGet(), StoppedIsValid(), StoppedLogicalToDisplay(), StoppedNormalize(), StoppedSet()

property atelierTrace as %Boolean [ InitialExpression = 0 ];

Set to non-zero if running under Atelier debugger
-1 means no trace
>0 is the Atelier trace node

Property methods: atelierTraceDisplayToLogical(), atelierTraceGet(), atelierTraceIsValid(), atelierTraceLogicalToDisplay(), atelierTraceNormalize(), atelierTraceSet()

property trace as %Boolean [ InitialExpression = 0 ];

Property methods: traceDisplayToLogical(), traceGet(), traceIsValid(), traceLogicalToDisplay(), traceNormalize(), traceSet()

Methods

method Atelierv5EvalOref(oref As %String, maxdepth As %Integer, ByRef result As %String) as %Status

Evaluate and return the properties / values of variable which is an oref and any of its child objects, up to maxdepth

method Attach(pid As %String = "") as %Integer

Attach to another process having process id of pid.

Fails if already attached (use Unattach() first),or if pid is invalid.

On successful completion, process is attached and a break issued. The process will be in break mode upon completion of its current operation.

method Break() as %Integer

Send a BREAK to the target process.

On successful completion, a break has been issued. The process will be in break mode upon completion of its current operation.

method ClearBreakpoints() as %Integer

method DBGCommand(cmd As %String, issys As %Integer = 0) as %Integer

Perform a debug command.

classmethod DebugStub(pWriteOutput)

System stub used by the debugger application

This class method is jobbed in order to start a target process.

The stub waits on the input event for the debugger to pass the name of the target routine to be executed.

When signalled, the stub then executes target routine

method DisableBreakpoint(routine As %String, offset As %Integer, counter As %Integer = 0) as %Integer

method DisableWatchpoint(variable As %String, counter As %Integer = 0) as %Integer

method Eval(expr As %String = "", ByRef result As %String) as %Integer

Evaluate and return the value of expression expr within the target process.

method EvalOref(oref As %String = "", ByRef vararray As %Binary) as %Integer

Evaluate and return the property/value pairs of variable which is an oref

method GetValue(Variable As %String = "", ByRef Value As %String, Lang As %Integer = 0) as %Integer

Gets the value of a variable

method Go() as %Integer

Continue the current process

method GoTo(tag As %String) as %Integer

Continue the current process at tag

method Interrupt() as %Integer

Interrupt the target process

The target process is sent a software interrupt. This causes the target to break. The next line of code will be executed when the target is resumed.

method IsStopped(timeout As %Integer = 1) as %Integer

Return true if the target is in break mode.

method Line() as %Integer

method LineIn() as %Integer

method LineOut() as %Integer

method LocalIO(port As %Integer, address As %String = "127.0.0.1") as %Boolean

method RemoveBreakpoint(routine As %String, offset As %Integer) as %Integer

method RemoveWatchpoint(variable As %String) as %Integer

method Resume() as %Integer

Continue the current process without stepping on return

method SetBreakpoint(routine As %String, offset As %Integer, condition As %String = "") as %Integer

method SetValue(variable As %String = "", value As %String = "") as %Integer

Sets a variable to a value.

method SetWatchpoint(variable As %String, condition As %String = "") as %Integer

method StackVars(lev As %Integer, start As %String, ByRef vararray As %Binary) as %Integer

Get Stack info for target Show the call stack, state and variables using ^%STACK lev,start,.vararray,.next

method StartTarget(target As %String, pWriteOutput=1) as %Integer

Start a local debugging session on a new process. Job the cterm debug stub Start a cterm connected to the target Run DebugTarget to run the process

On exit from this routine, the target is in break mode waiting for a command

method Step() as %Integer

method StepIn() as %Integer

method StepOut() as %Integer

method Trace(pMsg As %String)

Log a trace if tracing enabled

method Unattach() as %Integer

Unattach from the current process, if any. Assumes the target has been stopped

Returns $$$OK if successful, error code if nothing to detach from

method Write(data As %String) as %Integer

Write to the target process