Debugging pipeline

A method for facilitating debugging of computer code hosted in an execution environment by a debugging tool hosted outside of the execution environment, comprising:

• implementing a debugging pipeline for linking a component that is desired to be debuggable with a debugging tool comprising:
• creating an instance of a debugging pipeline interface object from a first component desired to be debugged;
• and
• a second component, comprising a desired debugging tool, applying the debugging pipeline interface object;
• implementing debugging pipeline protocols for debugging comprising:
• utilizing a language agnostic architecture to allow processing of debugging requests for computer code in at least one of at least two computer languages;
• utilizing an operating system agnostic architecture to allow processing of computer code language types in respective signatures without exposing operating system specific constructs;
• and
• utilizing an isolation protocol to provide for a first debugging pipeline to be isolated from one or more second debugging pipelines;
• and
• performing one or more debugging functions in the computer code hosted in the execution environment using the debugging tool linked by the debugging pipeline.

A system for facilitating debugging of computer code, hosted in an execution environment on a computer system, by a debugging tool hosted outside of the execution environment, comprising:

• a producer component, disposed in an execution environment, configured to publish a debugging pipeline;
• the debugging pipeline configured to link stages of a debugging process, and comprising a debugging pipeline interface object;
• the debugging pipeline interface object configured to:
• expose the debugging pipeline to a consumer component outside the execution environment;
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• implement a set of debugging protocols, the set of debugging protocols configured to define debugging of computer code in an execution environment by a consumer component outside the execution environment, comprising:
• a language agnostic protocol configured to allow processing of debugging requests for computer code in at least one of at least two computer languages;
• an operating system agnostic protocol configured to allow processing of computer code language types in respective signatures without exposing operating system specific constructs;
• an isolation protocol configured to provide for a first debugging pipeline to be isolated from one or more second debugging pipelines;
• a location protocol configured to provide for locations in the computer code to be referenced during debugging without knowing an underlying debugee operation;
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• a type-universe agnostic protocol configured to allow for a data inspection debugging request to return requested data without exposing a data layout or data type;
• the debugging pipeline interface object comprising a debugging tool functions implementor configured to implement one or more debugging tool functions from the debugging tool for debugging the computer code in the execution environment;
• a consumer component, disposed outside the execution environment, configured to provide debugging of the computer code in the execution environment;
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• a filtering component configured to transform the debugging pipeline interface object from a first condition to a second condition.