java runtime tracing library to replace system.out.println
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Have you heard of any library which would allow me to set up a tracing for specific methods at runtime?
Instead of adding (and removing) lots of System.out.println
in my code (and having to re-compile and re-deploy) I would like to have a magic thing which would print out a line for each call of selected method without any change in the code. This would work without re-compiling, so some kind of JVM agent (or some non-standard JVM would be needed?). Sounds like a job for aspect programming?
A typical scenario would be to start an application, configure the traced methods dynamically (in a separate file or similar) and then everytime a selected method is called a line with its name (and arguments) is printed out to System.out
(or some log file).
Naturally one could think of tens of additional features, but this basic set would be a great tool. BTW, I use Eclipse interactive debugger too, not only the System.out
tracing technique, but both have some advantages and sometimes Eclipse is not enough.
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