<description>This page lets you set application context preferences for profiling views.

<description>This page lets you set application context preferences for profiling views. Application context provider enables context senstive content and icons labeling of trace data for specific context. eg. Java, C++, etc.

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 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2007 IBM Corporation.

 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2008 IBM Corporation.

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<p>The Application context preferences dialog lists the application context

The Application context preferences dialog lists the application context

formatters that are available in the workbench. The "application

formatters that are available in the workbench. You can also choose

context" system enables the profiling views to present profiling data using

which formatter you want the profiling views to use if there is more

the proper

than one formatter available for a single application context name.

terminology with the kind of data collected. For example, the Java term

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"method," the C term "function," and the FORTRAN term

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"procedure" all refer to similar trace attribute. If data is colleced

The "Application context names" table shows all context names that have

 from a C

a formatter installed. Select one of these names to see information

program, a C context provider displays the data using C terminology and syntax.

about the installed formatter or formatters for that context name.

You can also choose which formatter you

"Java" is the default application context name for data sets that do not

want the profiling views to use if there is more than one formatter available

specify one.

for a single application context name. </p>

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<p>The Package, Class, and Method hierarchy in Java context can be

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mapped to different languages (eg. C/C++, FORTRAN, COBOL etc) in

The "Context formatters for views" table shows the names of the context

in various user interface, such as the view column header, table formatting, 

formatters for the selected application context name. If there is more

and filter dialog.

than one formatter in the list, the selected one will be used in the

<p>The &quot;Application context names&quot; table shows all context names that

profiling views when displaying data for the application context.

have a formatter installed. Select one of these names to see information about

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the installed formatter or formatters for that context name. "Java"

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is the default application context name for data sets that do not specify one. </p>

The "Handler for opening source files" table shows the names of handlers

<p>The &quot;Context formatters for views&quot; table shows the names of the

for the "Open source" action for the selected application context name.

context formatters for the selected application context name. If there is more

The "open source" action is used when you navigate from a profiling data

than one formatter in the list, the selected one will be used in the profiling

item (for example, a Java method name) to the corresponding program

views when displaying data for the application context. </p>

source code. If there is more than one handler in the list, the selected

<p>The &quot;Handler for opening source files&quot; table shows the names of

one will be used when you open the source file for a data item.

handlers for the "Open source" action for the selected application

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context name. The "open source" action is used when you navigate from

a profiling data item (for example, a Java method name) to the corresponding

program source code. If there is more than one handler in the list, the

selected one will be used when you open the source file for a data item. 

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