Method and system for visually debugging on object in an object oriented system

Claim 3

The method of claim 1, wherein an activation object is created each time an event is generated and further comprising placing each activation object within a queue for debugging.

Claim 4

The method of claim 2, further comprising debugging each activation object within the queue.

Claim 5

The method of claim 3, wherein each action object includes code and wherein the step of debugging includes setting break points within the code.

Claim 6

The method of claim 3, wherein each activation object includes code and wherein the step of debugging includes single stepping through the code in each action object.

Claim 7

The method of claim 1, wherein the step of storing data sent to each action object includes storing program variables in the activation object.

Claim 8

The method of claim 1, wherein the step of storing data sent to each action object includes storing CPU registers in the activation object.

Claim 11

The method of claim 8, wherein an activation object is created each time an event is generated and further comprising placing each activation object within a queue for debugging.

Claim 12

The method of claim 9, further comprising debugging each activation object within the queue.

Claim 13

The method of claim 10, wherein each action object includes code and wherein the step of debugging includes setting break points within the code.

Claim 14

The method of claim 10, wherein each activation object includes code and wherein the step of debugging includes single stepping through the code in each action object.

Claim 15

The method of claim 8, wherein the step of storing data sent to each action object includes storing program variables in the activation object.

Claim 16

The method of claim 8, wherein the step of storing data sent to each action object includes storing CPU registers in the activation object.

Claim 17

A data processing system for debugging an object from a plurality of objects forming an application in an object oriented environment, the data processing system comprising: a graphic user interface having a plurality of elements displayed within the graphic user interface, wherein each element within the plurality of elements generates an event in response to a manipulation of the element; an application including a plurality of objects, wherein a number of the plurality of objects includes action slots, each action slot begin associated with an event and containing at least one action objects; creation means for creating an activation object each time an event is generated from the graphic user interface, the creation means including a first storage means for storing each action object within the action slot associated with the event in the action object and a second storage means for storing data in the activation object, wherein the data is required to recreate the event; and a debugger, the debugger being utilized to debug each activation object created by the creation means utilizing each stored action object within an activation object and the data stored with the activation object.

Claim 18

A data processing system for debugging an object from a plurality of objects forming an application in an object oriented environment, the data processing system comprising: a graphic user interface having a plurality of elements displayed within the graphic user interface, wherein each element within the plurality of elements generates an event in response to a manipulation of the element; an application including a plurality of objects, wherein a number of the plurality of objects includes action slots, each action slot begin associated with an event and containing at least one action objects; creation means for creating an activation object each time an event is generated from the graphic user interface, the creation means including a first storage means for storing each action object within the action slot associated with the event in the action object and a second storage means for storing data in the activation object, wherein the data is required to recreate the event; and a debugger, the debugger being utilized to debug each activation object created by the creation means utilizing each stored action object within an activation object and the data stored with the activation object.

Claim 19

The data processing system of claim 15, wherein the debugger includes a queue for containing each activation object created by the creation means.

Claim 20

A storage device readable by a data processing system and encoding data processing system executable instructions for debugging an object from a plurality of objects forming an application in a object oriented system using a graphic user interface, the data storage device comprising: means for storing each action object within an action slot in an activation object in response to an event associated with the action slot generated by a user utilizing the graphic user interface; means for storing data sent to each action object in the activation object, the data being required to recreate the event; means for placing each activation object within a queue for debugging; and means for debugging each activation object within the queue utilizing each action object stored within an activation object and the data stored within the activation object, wherein the means are activated when the storage device is connected and accessed by a data processing system.

Claim 21

A storage device readable by a data processing system and encoding data processing system executable instructions for debugging an object from a plurality of objects forming an application in a object oriented system using a graphic user interface, the data storage device comprising: means for storing each action object within an action slot in an activation object in response to an event associated with the action slot generated by a user utilizing the graphic user interface; means for storing data sent to each action object in the activation object, the data being required to recreate the event; means for placing each activation object within a queue for debugging; and means for debugging each activation object within the queue utilizing each action object stored within an activation object and the data stored within the activation object, wherein the means are activated when the storage device is connected and accessed by a data processing system.

Claim 22

The storage device of claim 17, wherein the storage device is a hard disk drive.

Claim 23

The storage device of claim 17, wherein the storage device is a ROM for use with a data processing system.

Claim 24

The storage device of claim 17, wherein the storage device is a floppy diskette.