Visualize Thread Dump as plugin for NB

what exist

• BEA's ThreadDumpAnalyzer - parses TD into xml, processes it with xslt, can prepare a result as html. More details at http://dev.bea.com/products/wlplatform81/articles/thread_dumps.jsp
• TDA plugin for VisualVM - https://tda.dev.java.net/
• SAMURAI - standalone tool for TD analyzes - http://yusuke.homeip.net/samurai/?english
• LOCKNESS - Eclipse plugin for TD analyses - http://lockness.plugin.free.fr/features.php

plugin features

1. Must Have

• Parse thread dump
  • from file
  • from URL (useful for issuezilla attachments)
  • create TD of running application
• Visualize Thread Dump
  • threads, locks
  • show only threads that are in relation to selected thread

1. Nice to have

• Go to source from TD line
• Find deadlock
• Create report about TD
  • to file
  • attach it to IZ
  • create new IZ issue

Idea

Knowledge base

• multiview
  • http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-netbeans-core-multiview/org/netbeans/core/spi/multiview/package-summary.html
  • http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan/entry/multiview_editor_in_netbeans_ide
  • http://www.antonioshome.net/blog/
  • http://blogs.sun.com/vdblog/entry/part_1_xml_multiview_visual
  • http://blogs.sun.com/vdblog/entry/part_2_xml_multiview_visual
  • http://blogs.sun.com/vdblog/entry/part_3_xml_multiview_visual
  • http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan/entry/convert_your_topcomponent_to_a

Attachments

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