Flow and module level detecting and debugging with inclusion of generated log statements

1. A computer-implemented method for generating log statements comprising:

identifying, by a computer, an applicable filter-set comprising at least one user defined flow and at least one module for debugging corresponding to the at least one user defined flow;

tagging an incoming message flow with information of the applicable filter set;

detecting the at least one module for debugging corresponding to the at least one user defined flow based on the tagging; and

storing log statements for the at least one module for debugging, comprising, for a severity level specified by a user, creating a filter record for the at least one module corresponding to the at least one user defined flow; and

for the severity level specified by the user, creating the filter record for the at least one module corresponding to the at least one user defined flow,

wherein a bit in the filter record is set for the at least one user defined flow;

creating, prior to identifying, an applicable filter-set comprising the at least one user defined flow, wherein a bit is set in the applicable filter-set for the at least one user defined flow;

comparing the applicable filter-set tagged with the incoming message flow with the filter record to check if at least one bit is set in the applicable filter-set and in the filter record at a same bit position; and

generating a log statement if the at least one bit is set in the applicable filter-set and in the filter record at the same bit position.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting a module comprises:

checking if the at least one module is marked for debugging.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising: retrieving information from the filter record corresponding to the at least one module and from the applicable filter-set tagged with the incoming message flow.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparing comprises: performing a bitwise AND operation with the applicable filter-set and the filter record to check if the at least one bit is set in the applicable filter-set and the filter record at the same bit position.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein creating a filter record for the at least one module corresponding to the at least one user defined flow for a severity level comprises: creating the filter record for the at least one module corresponding to the at least one user defined flow according to a predetermined criterion.

6. An information processing system, implemented at least partially in hardware, comprising:

a filter record creating module to create a filter record for at least one module corresponding to at least one user defined flow for a severity level, wherein a bit in the filter record is set for the at least one user defined flow;

an applicable filter-set creating module to create an applicable filter-set comprising the least one user defined flow, wherein a bit is set in the applicable filter-set for the at least one user defined flow;

a tagging module to tag an incoming message flow with information of the applicable filter-set;

a comparing module to compare the applicable filter-set tagged with the incoming message flow with the filter record to check if at least one bit is set in the applicable filter-set and in the filter record at a same bit position;

log generating module to generate log statements if the at least one bit is set in the applicable filter-set and in the filter record at the same bit position, comprising, for a severity level specified by a user, to create a filter record for the at least one module corresponding to the at least one user defined flow;

for the severity level specified by the user, creating the filter record for the at least one module corresponding to the at least one user defined flow,

wherein a bit in the filter record is set for the at least one user defined flow;

creating, prior to identifying, an applicable filter-set comprising the at least one user defined flow, wherein a bit is set in the applicable filter-set for the at least one user defined flow;

comparing the applicable filter-set tagged with the incoming message flow with the filter record to check if at least one bit is set in the applicable filter-set and in the filter record at a same bit position; and

generating a log statement if the at least one bit is set in the applicable filter-set and in the filter record at the same bit position.

7. The information processing system of claim 6 further comprising:

a retrieving module for retrieving information from the filter record corresponding to the at least one module and the applicable filterset tagged with the incoming message flow.

8. The information processing system of claim 6 , wherein the severity level is defined according to a predetermined criterion.

9. The information processing system of claim 6 , wherein the incoming message flow comprises one or more incoming message packets.

10. A non-transitory machine-readable medium product comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

identifying, by a computer, an applicable filter-set comprising at least one user defined flow and at least one module corresponding to the at least one user defined flow;

tagging an incoming message flow with information of the applicable filter set;

detecting the at least one module for debugging corresponding to the at least one user defined flow based on the tagging;

and generating log statements for the at least one module detected for debugging corresponding to the at least one user defined flow and the tagged information of the incoming message flow, comprising, for a severity level specified by a user, creating a filter record for the at least one module corresponding to the at least one user defined flow;

for the severity level specified by the user, creating the filter record for the at least one module corresponding to the at least one user defined flow,

wherein a bit in the filter record is set for the at least one user defined flow;

creating, prior to identifying, an applicable filter-set comprising the at least one user defined flow, wherein a bit is set in the applicable filter-set for the at least one user defined flow;

comparing the applicable filter-set tagged with the incoming message flow with the filter record to check if at least one bit is set in the applicable filter-set and in the filter record at a same bit position; and

generating a log statement if the at least one bit is set in the applicable filter-set and in the filter record at the same bit position.

11. The machine-readable medium product of claim 10 , wherein detecting further comprises:

checking if the at least one module is marked for debugging.