Filter Manager: Memory Profiling Data Dialog Box

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Use the Filter Manager: Memory Profiling Data dialog box to remove classes and methods from the current dataset based on class or method names, or pattern strings in names. You can choose to retain (include) the Memory Profiling data of the filtered items in their callers' methods + descendants (M+D) bytes, or you can delete (exclude) the memory data.

The Classes tab lists all classes for which Purify collected data.

The Methods tab lists any pattern strings used to filter methods.

These are the main controls on the Classes tab:

Filter list

Show full path names

These are the main controls on the Methods tab:

Filter list

Pattern

Add

Remove

Both tabs contain these controls:

Retain

Delete

Notes:

§      Since objects can reference objects that were created in different methods, you cannot filter on object names. To simplify large or complex Object Reference Graphs, use the Expand/Collapse command options in the Object Reference Graph shortcut menu.

§      When you filter a class and retain the memory data, Purify removes from the current dataset all methods in that class that are called from other filtered classes. If a method in a filtered class is called from a method in an unfiltered class, the method in the filtered class is not removed.

§      When you filter a class and delete the memory data, Purify removes from the current dataset all methods in that class and deletes their memory data.

§      When you filter by pattern strings, Purify compares the pattern strings against fully qualified names and removes all methods whose names contain matching character strings. Purify uses the full name to match patterns, regardless of settings in the Method Name dialog box.

§      Pattern string matching is case-sensitive.

§      Right-click a selected filter to display a shortcut menu for working with the filter.

§      Purify automatically saves the filters you create in exeName_exe.mft. For details about filter file names and their locations, click images\shortcut.gif.

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