Method, system and program product for capturing a semantic level state of a program

A system for capturing a semantic level state of a program, comprising:

• a system for connecting to the program;
• a system for making a set of Application Program Interface (API) calls to nodes of the program to capture semantic level state information;
• a system for following references from the nodes of the program to other nodes to capture additional semantic level state information;
• a system for keeping track all information captured;
• and
• a system for writing the semantic level state information and the additional semantic level state information to a file.

A program product stored on a recordable medium for capturing a semantic level state of a program, which when executed, comprises:

• program code for connecting to the program;
• program code for making a set of Application Program Interface (API) calls to nodes of the program to capture semantic level state information;
• program code for following references from the nodes of the program to other nodes to capture additional semantic level state information;
• program code for keeping track all information captured;
• and
• program code for writing the semantic level state information and the additional semantic level state information to a file.

A method for deploying an application for capturing a semantic level state of a program, comprising:

• deploying a computer infrastructure being operable to perform the following functions:
• connect to the program;
• make a set of Application Program Interface (API) calls to nodes of the program to examine the program at a semantic level;
• capture semantic level state information based on the API calls;
• follow references from the nodes of the program to other nodes to capture additional semantic level state information;
• keep track all information captured;
• and
• write the semantic level state information and the additional semantic level state information to a file.

Computer software embodied in a propagated signal for capturing a semantic level state of a program, the computer software comprising instructions to cause a computer system to perform the following functions:

• connect to the program;
• make a set of Application Program Interface (API) calls to nodes of the program to examine the program at a semantic level;
• capture semantic level state information based on the API calls;
• follow references from the nodes of the program to other nodes to capture additional semantic level state information;
• keep track all information captured;
• and
• write the semantic level state information and the additional semantic level state information to a file.