Identifying client states

A computer program product for identifying client states comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable application stored therein, wherein the computer readable application, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

• receive a set of paths representative of a document object model (DOM) associated with a web page of a rich Internet application;
• for each path in the set of paths received by a processor, extract a subtree, as Subtree X, for a current path;
• traverse known sub-paths under the current path and deleting corresponding subtrees from Subtree X;
• read contents of and determining states of Subtree X to form a State X;
• add the State X to a set of current states;
• and
• responsive to a determination no more paths exist, return the set of current states of the rich Internet application.

An apparatus for identifying client states, the apparatus comprising:

• a communications fabric;
• a memory connected to the communications fabric, wherein the memory contains computer executable program code;
• and
• a processor unit connected to the communications fabric, wherein the processor unit executes the computer executable program code to direct the apparatus to:
• receive a set of paths representative of a document object model (DOM) associated with a web page of a rich Internet application,
• for each path in the set of paths received, extract a subtree, as Subtree X, for a current path,
• traverse known sub-paths under the current path and delete corresponding subtrees from Subtree X,
• read contents of and determining states of Subtree X to form a State X;
• add the State X to a set of current states, and
• responsive to a determination no more paths exist, return the set of current states of the rich Internet application.