An application event trace captured in a circular buffer and then render as HTML on demand.
I recommended that large web applications include a route to diagnostic software such as object dumps and event traces. I wrote this HTTP 0.9 server to be included in desktop applications for similar debugging. pdf ![]()
Test Point dispatched HTTP 0.9 requests directly to static java methods using reflection which was new at the time.
static void printTrace(PrintWriter out) { out.println("<table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2>"); double clock = 0; int tick = 0; for (int i = nextTrace+1; (i%traces.length) != nextTrace; i = (i+1) % traces.length) { Trace t = traces[i]; if (t==null) continue; if (t.time != clock) { clock = t.time; tick++; } String color = tick%2==0 ? "#cfffcf" : "#afffaf"; out.println("<tr bgcolor=" + color + ">" + t + "</tr>"); } out.println("</table>"); out.flush(); }
See also the Test Point Diagnostic Web Server: site ![]()
I experimented with "freemium" distribution by publishing Test Point on my website and asking for payments only when it had been used to find difficult bugs. No revenue was forthcoming.