Execution Analyzer
Whilst you are modeling the code of an application, you can perform test executions of the code and record and generate visual displays of the progress of execution for analysis, using the Visual Execution Analyzer. This builds on and processes the structures and operations of the Model Driven Development Environment (MDDE), which provides tools to design, build and debug an application, as a part of the Debugger facilities of Enterprise Architect.
One of the primary objectives of the Visual Execution Analysis feature is to provide the facility to generate Sequence, Test Domain Class and Collaborative Class diagrams from the stack traces you captured in debugging your application. This is a great way to document and understand what your program is doing during its execution phase, and to:
| • | Optimize existing system resources and understand resource allocation |
| • | Verify that the system is following the rules as designed |
| • | Produce high quality documentation that more accurately reflects system behavior |
| • | Understand how and why systems work |
| • | Train new employees in the structure and function of a system |
| • | Provide a comprehensive understanding of how existing code works |
| • | Identify costly or unnecessary function calls |
| • | Illustrate interactions, data structures and important relationships within a system |
| • | Trace problems to a specific line of code, system interaction or event |
| • | Visualize why a sequence of events is important |
| • | Establish the sequence of events that occur immediately prior to system failure |
| • | Simulate the execution of behavior models including State Machines, Activities and Interactions |
Access Analyzer
Project Manager package context menu | Execution Analyzer
Operations
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Create a sample model for your language compiler, on which to examine the facilities of the Visual Execution Analyzer.
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Visual Execution Analyzer Samples
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Record executing programs and represent the behavior as a UML Sequence diagram; recording is supported for:
| • | Microsoft Windows Native C |
| • | Microsoft Windows Native C++ |
| • | Microsoft Windows Visual Basic |
| • | Microsoft .NET Family (C#, J#, VB) |
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Recording Sequence Diagrams
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Record native Windows applications and profile their behavior.
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Profiling
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Create and work with objects created within the Enterprise Architect modeling environment using a dynamic Object Workbench.
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Object Workbench
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Run xUnit tests.
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Unit Testing
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Testpoint Management - provides the facility to pass or fail application tasks, viewing test results in real time as the program executes and results are saved.
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Testpoint Management
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Simulate UML behavior models to verify their logical and design correctness, for:
| • | Interactions and Sequences |
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Model Simulation
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Notes
| • | The Execution Analysis features are available on 32-bit applications; 64-bit applications are not currently supported on any platform |
Learn more
Learning Center topics
| • | (Alt+F1) | Execution Analysis |
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