abap_debugger_object_graph_extension
An ABAP debugger extension that shows the object on the debugger's Objects tab as a Graphviz graph in a browser window, built on ABAP Graph and Graphviz-browser and tested on NetWeaver 7.5.
At a breakpoint in the new debugger, the Objects tab's tools menu gains a "View object as graph" entry, and choosing it opens the object graph in a new browser window. The rendering is done by Graphviz-browserGraphviz-browserA static page that draws a Graphviz graph in a browser, written for the ABAP debugger object graph extension and deployable as BSP pages in the system the debugger runs in.independent, abap, and ABAP GraphabapgraphAn ABAP library for creating Graphviz graphs, written to give the maintainer's own ABAP debugger object graph extension a more compact layout, with demo code as its documentation.independent, abap is a prerequisite that has to be installed before the extension itself goes in through abapGitabapGitA Git client written in ABAP that runs inside the system, so objects are cloned, pulled and pushed without leaving it; with no package manager in ABAP, a cloned repository is how code is distributed.community org, abap. The maintainer credits ABAP-Object-VisualizerABAP-Object-VisualizerA debugger script that writes an object hierarchy to the clipboard at a breakpoint as a Graphviz description, for pasting into a renderer such as webgraphviz.com.independent, abap as the original inspiration, and states it was tested on netweaver 7.5, with older releases unknown.
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- Where it runs
- Inside the system it serves
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- abapGit
Connections
Seeing what running code did between input and result
Git client written in ABAP that runs inside the system
ABAP library for creating Graphviz graphs
Static page drawing Graphviz graphs for the ABAP debugger extension
Debugger script exporting an object hierarchy as Graphviz
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README
quoted from marcellourbani/abap_debugger_object_graph_extension under MIT, readAbap debugger object graph extension
ABAP debugger extension to visualize objects as graphs via graphviz
Installation
The prerequisite ABAP Graph needs to be installed first, then install via abapGit
Tested on netweaver 7.5, not sure about older releases
Use
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Set breakpoint in source code
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In the new debugger go to "Objects" tab
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open the tools menu from the icon on the left
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select View object as graph
The object graph will be shown in a new browser window (Example from http://zevolving.com/2012/01/iterator-design-pattern-to-access-linked-list/ )
Another example from the excellent Writing Testable Code for ABAP opensap course
Originally inspired by ABAP-Object-Visualizer
Uses Graphviz-browser to render the graph in a browser window
Others providing
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- ABAP-Object-VisualizerABAP-Object-VisualizerA debugger script that writes an object hierarchy to the clipboard at a breakpoint as a Graphviz description, for pasting into a renderer such as webgraphviz.com.independent, abapDebugger script exporting an object hierarchy as Graphviz
- Graphviz-browserGraphviz-browserA static page that draws a Graphviz graph in a browser, written for the ABAP debugger object graph extension and deployable as BSP pages in the system the debugger runs in.independent, abapStatic page drawing Graphviz graphs for the ABAP debugger extension
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