Local buffers for event handlers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9575819-B2
Application number	US-201314020633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2013
Priority date	Sep 6, 2013
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

A technique is described for generating error buffer that includes errors from both a program and event handlers called by the program. A program in an event-driven environment triggers an event. In response to the triggered event, the program calls event handlers related to the event. The event handlers are executed and error messages generated during the execution are stored in a local error buffer. Upon completion of the event handlers, the local error buffers are returned to the program and the program merges the local error buffers with an error buffer associated with the program.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
determining, by a processor, that an event has been triggered during execution of a program, wherein the program includes:
an error context generating an error message in a formatting when a first error is detected during execution of the program and
an error buffer storing the generated error message;
executing, by the processor, a first registered event handler associated with the event in response to the determination, wherein the first registered event handler includes:
a first local error context generating a first local error message when a second error is detected during execution of the first registered event handler and
a first local error buffer storing the first local error message,
and wherein the first registered event handler copies the error context to the first local error context during initialization of the first registered event handler so that the formatting is applied to error messages generated during execution of the first registered event handler and error messages generated during execution of the program; and

merging, by the processor, the first local error buffer into the error buffer.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein merging includes copying the second error message from the first local error buffer to the error buffer.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
executing, by the processor, a second registered event handler associated with the event in response to the determination, wherein the second registered event handler includes:
a second local error context generating a second local error message when a third error is detected during execution of the second registered event handler and
a second local error buffer storing the second local error message,
wherein the second registered event handler copies the error context to the second local error context during initialization of the second registered event handler so that the formatting is applied to error messages generated during execution of the second registered event handler; and

merging, by the processor, the second local error buffer into the error buffer.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the first registered event handler and the second registered event handler are executed on individual threads.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the first registered event handler and the second registered event handler are executed in parallel.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the individual threads are synchronized before merging the first local error buffer and the second local error buffer into the error buffer.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein executing the first registered event handler comprises:
initializing, by the processor, the first local error buffer by copying the contents of the error buffer including the first error message to the first local error buffer.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
determining that an event has been triggered during execution of a program, wherein the program includes: an error context generating an error message in a formatting when a first error is detected during execution of the program and an error buffer storing output generated during execution of the program, the error buffer containing a first error message generated during execution of the program;
executing a first registered event handler associated with the event in response to the determination, wherein the first registered event handler includes:
a first local error context generating a first local error message when a second error is detected during execution of the first registered event handler and
a first local error buffer storing the first local error message,

and wherein the first registered event handler copies the error context to the first local error context during initialization of the first registered event handler so that the formatting is applied to error messages generated during execution of the first registered event handler and error messages generated during execution of the program; and
merging the first local error buffer into the error buffer.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein merging includes copying the second error message from the first local error buffer to the error buffer.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , further comprising:
executing a second registered event handler associated with the event in response to the determination, wherein the second registered event handler includes:
a second local error context generating a second local error message when a third error is detected during execution of the second registered event handler and

a second local error buffer storing the second local error message,
wherein the second registered event handler copies the error context to the second local error context during initialization of the second registered event handler so that the formatting is applied to error messages generated during execution of the second registered event handler; and
merging the second local error buffer into the error buffer.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the first registered event handler and the second registered event handler are executed on individual threads.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the first registered event handler and the second registered event handler are executed in parallel.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the individual threads are synchronized before merging the first local error buffer and the second local error buffer into the error buffer.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein executing the first registered event handler comprises:
initializing the first local error buffer by copying the first error message of the error buffer to the first local error buffer.

15. A computer implemented system, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon one or more programs, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
determine that an event has been triggered during execution of a program, wherein the program includes: an error context generating an error message in a formatting when a first error is detected during execution of the program and an error buffer storing output generated during execution of the program, the error buffer containing a first error message generated during execution of the program;
execute a first registered event handler associated with the event in response to the determination, wherein the first registered event handler includes:
a first local error context generating a first local error message when a second error is detected during execution of the first registered event handler and
a first local error buffer storing the first local error message,

and wherein the first registered event handler copies the error context to the first local error context during initialization of the first registered event handler so that the formatting is applied to error messages generated during execution of the first registered event handler and error messages generated during execution of the program; and

merge the first local error buffer into the error buffer.

16. The compute

Assignees

• Baeuerle Stefan
• Falter Timm
• Hutzel Daniel
• Sap Se

Inventors

• Baeuerle Stefan
• Falter Timm
• Hutzel Daniel

Classifications

• G06F11/0793

  Remedial or corrective actions (recovery from an exception in an instruction pipeline G06F9/3861; by retry G06F11/1402; for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity H04L69/40) · CPC title

• G06F9/542 Primary

  Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications · CPC title

• G06F11/0706

  the processing taking place on a specific hardware platform or in a specific software environment · CPC title

• G06F11/0778

  Dumping, i.e. gathering error/state information after a fault for later diagnosis · CPC title

• G06F9/5016

  the resource being the memory · CPC title