AUTOMATED SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION GENERATION

摘要

A transaction is initiated that involves a plurality of software components in a system. Transaction data is received from a plurality of agents instrumented on at least a subset of software components in the plurality of software components, the transaction data describing attributes of a plurality of fragments of the transaction observed by the plurality of agents. Each transaction fragment includes a respective request and a corresponding response communicated between two software components in the plurality of software components. From the transaction data, a flow of the transaction is determined that describes an order of the transaction fragments and involvement of respective software components in each transaction fragment. Documentation is generated from the transaction data, the documentation describing the system and including a representation of a functional architecture of the system based on the determined flow.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
initiating a transaction involving a plurality of software components in a system; receiving transaction data from a plurality of agents instrumented on at least a subset of software components in the plurality of software components, wherein the transaction data describes attributes of a plurality of fragments of the transaction observed by the plurality of agents, and each of the fragments comprises a respective request and a corresponding response communicated between two software components in the plurality of software components; determining, from the transaction data, a flow of the transaction describing an order of the transaction fragments and involvement of respective software components in each transaction fragment; and generating, from the transaction data, documentation describing the system, wherein the documentation comprises a representation of a functional architecture of the system based on the determined flow.