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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">
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    <title>Hotspot SA User Interface Notes</title>
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    <h1>Hotspot SA User Interface Notes</h1>
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    <h2>Workspace and Building</h2>
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    <p>
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      All the source code for the Serviceability Agent is in 
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      <code>src/share/vm/agent</code> in the HotSport workspace 
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      <code>/net/jano.sfbay/export/disk05/hotspot/ws/1.4/sa_baseline</code>
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    <p>
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      You can build the project by typing <code>gnumake</code> in the
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      <code>src/share/vm/agent</code> directory.
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      You can also use the default build target using the Ant build file (build.xml). You can download Ant from
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      <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/ant">http://jakarta.apache.org/ant</a>. Documentation for Ant can be
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      found at <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/manual/index.html">http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/manual/index.html</a>
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    <h2>Running the project</h2>
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    <ul>
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      <li><code>java -cp classes sun.jvm.hotspot.HSDB</code>
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    </ul>
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    <h2>Feedback</h2>
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      Refactoring of package hierarchy. All user interface components should be in
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      the ui package. Perhaps: sun.jvm.hotspot.ui.hsdb.Main for the HSDB.
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      The src\share\vm\agent area seems like a workspace so it should be organized like
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      one. In particular, I'd like to suggest the following directory layout:<br>
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    <ul>
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      <li>src: All sources that are curently under the sun directory.
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      <li>classes: compiled class files.
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      <li>lib: Resources like images, icons and jar files.
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      <li>docs: Documentation 
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      <li>deploy: distribution bundles for Java Web Start.
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    </ul>
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    <p>
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      Seems like there is a lot of redundant functionality. Perhaps
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      this can be consolidated with a <code>javax.swing.Actions</code> architecture.
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    <h2>Tasklist</h2>
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    <p>
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      <b>Stack memory pane</b>: 
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      It's one of the more useful JVM debugging tools in the SA. However, it
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      doesn't support any interaction with the text.
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    <p>
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      <b>Integrations with the NetBeans architecture (plug in).</b> See the
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      <a href="http://openide.netbeans.org">Netbeans Open APIs homepage</a>
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    <p>
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      HSDB: Object Histogram. Column sizes should be sized according the the
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      contents. i.e, The size and count columns should be narrow enought to
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      handle the largest window. Since there is a lot of data, sorting
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      and searching should be implemented.
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    <h2>Log</h2>
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    <i>Last modified: Tue Feb 05 19:15:12 Pacific Standard Time 2002</i>
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    <p>
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      sun.jvm.hotspot.oops.ObjectHistogram should be the underlying data
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      structure for the TableModels. It shouldnt bother with sorting the data - 
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      the table model should do that. It should implement these methods:
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    <pre>
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      public int getSize()
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      public ObjectHistogramElement getElementAt(int row);
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    <p>
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      ObjectHistogramElement should return the String that represents
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      the third column
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    <hr>
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    <address><a href="mailto:mark.davidson@sun.com">Mark Davidson</a></address>
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