Abstract
Algorithm animation systems and graphical debuggers perform the task of translating program state into visual representations. While algorithm animations typically rely on user augmented source code to produce visualizations, debuggers make use of symbolic information in the target program. As a result, visualizations produced by debuggers often lack important semantic content, making them inferior to algorithm animation systems. This paper presents a method to provide higher-level, more informative visualizations in a debugger using a technique called traversal-based visualization. The debugger traverses a data structure using a set of user-supplied patterns to identify parts of the data structure to be drawn a similar way. A declarative language is used to specify the patterns and the actions to take when the patterns are encountered. Alternatively, the user can construct traversal specifications through a graphical user interface to the declarative language. Furthermore, the debugger supports modification of data. Changes made to the on-screen representation are reflected in the underlying data.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 11-18 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| State | Published - 1998 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization - Triangle Park, NC, USA Duration: Oct 19 1998 → Oct 20 1998 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization |
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| City | Triangle Park, NC, USA |
| Period | 10/19/98 → 10/20/98 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Computer Science
- General Engineering