Rational Developer for System z

Tracing

You can set varying tracing levels for specific Rational® Developer for System z® components.
During execution, trace entries are produced and placed in the workspace\.metadata\.trace file. The number of entries and the amount of detail generated is determined by the setting of the tracing level for various tracers. The tracers are listed on the Tracing preference page. A tracing level is specified for each tracer, and if tracing is enabled the .trace file is populated with entries that contain a level equal to or less than the specified level. A trace shows the flow of the execution of a program and can help with troubleshooting and debugging problems.

For information about enabling tracing, see Tracing Tab.

To set tracing levels for Rational Developer for System z components, do these steps:

  1. Click Window > Preferences, and then click Tracing from the list of preference pages. The following tracers are defined for Rational Developer for System z Integrated Development Environment:
    • com.ibm.ftt.core.migration.impl
    • com.ibm.ftt.lpex.systemz
    • com.ibm.ftt.projects.core
    • com.ibm.ftt.properties
    • com.ibm.ftt.resources.core
    • com.ibm.ftt.rse.mvs.client
    • com.ibm.ftt.ui.rse.utils
    • com.ibm.ftt.ui.views.project.navigator
    The default tracing level for com.ibm.ftt.core.migration.impl is FINEST. The default for the remaining zIDE components is NONE, which means that no tracing is done for the component. Other available tracing levels include the following:
    • FINE - records trace data for basic debugging information such as input and output date.
    • FINER - records trace data such as conversion data and traps that are to be ignored.
    • FINEST - records trace data such as entry and exit data for methods.
  2. To include trace entries regardless of their levels, change the tracing level to FINEST. The volume of data generated is greater, but might provide the information required to solve some problems.
  3. Click Restore Defaults once the required trace is captured.

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