Re: exception explanation webapp

From: Ulrich Köster (ulric..bjectstyle.org)
Date: Thu Sep 08 2005 - 07:26:05 EDT

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    Moin Mike,

    WOLips has a console listener to grap the url and open the Eclipse
    internal WebBrowser. Some lines for that and the interaction with the
    webapp and we're done :-)

    Uli

    Am 07.09.2005 um 16:48 schrieb Mike Schrag:

    > It was more of a "I think it would be cool to do" more than a "I'm
    > working on it now". I need to see if it's possible to hook into
    > the console and "see" when stack traces come across. I'm thinking
    > it might be more useful as a log4j plugin, since that would have
    > more direct access to when exceptions occur.
    >
    > ms
    >
    > On Sep 7, 2005, at 4:34 AM, Ulrich Köster wrote:
    >
    >
    >> Hi Mike,
    >>
    >> is there a timeframe for the plugin part?
    >>
    >> Uli
    >> Am 06.09.2005 um 19:45 schrieb Mike Schrag:
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>> Yeah I agree -- Right now the UI just isn't very streamlined for
    >>> this. It's actually designed behind the scenes for this. In
    >>> fact, you should be able to put in a stack trace that already
    >>> exists and click on that "add an explanation" at the top and it
    >>> should do the right thing (i.e. there should now be two
    >>> explanations for the same exception). I was meaning to add just
    >>> an "add explanation" button on the stack trace browser, though,
    >>> too. I'll put that on the to-do list.
    >>>
    >>> ms
    >>>
    >>> On Sep 6, 2005, at 12:55 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>> I think this will be quite useful. My only suggestion would be
    >>>> to allow others to edit / annotate / comment on the causes of an
    >>>> exception that they have not reported. Some of these have more
    >>>> than one cause and it would be good to collect them all (get a
    >>>> full set folks! :-P)
    >>>>
    >>>> Chuck
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> On Sep 3, 2005, at 10:03 PM, Mike Schrag wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>> Since this mailing list is lower traffic, I thought I'd send
    >>>>> this to you guys to play around w/ and try out first before I
    >>>>> post it on the WO mailing list:
    >>>>>
    >>>>> http://www.mdimension.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Exceptional.woa
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Basically it's a database of stack traces that people can add
    >>>>> to and post explanations/fixes for the root cause ... I got so
    >>>>> annoyed with a particular really obtuse exception that was
    >>>>> coming out of some really low level part of EOF (a result of a
    >>>>> blanked out column by EOModeler) that took forever to track
    >>>>> down. Basically it will parse your stack trace and look to see
    >>>>> if anyone has posted an explanation of the same type of
    >>>>> exception that came from the same line/class/method/etc as the
    >>>>> the trace you're looking for. I'm thinking I might make an
    >>>>> eclipse plugin or Log4J handler that wires into this via a
    >>>>> webservice to basically intercept exceptions before they
    >>>>> display to you and just lookup the real explanation of the
    >>>>> problem ... Never again will I hunt for the reason a goofy
    >>>>> exception occurred :)
    >>>>>
    >>>>> I've only loaded a handful of stack traces so far (any
    >>>>> exception i got while i was writing the app itself, i loaded
    >>>>> into it :) ).
    >>>>>
    >>>>> ms
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> --
    >>>> Practical WebObjects - a book for intermediate WebObjects
    >>>> developers who want to increase their overall knowledge of
    >>>> WebObjects, or those who are trying to solve specific
    >>>> application development problems.
    >>>> http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects
    >>>>
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