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A Visual Query Language for Software Visualization Steven P. Reiss Department of Computer Science Brown University Providence, RI 02912 [email protected] 401-863-7641, FAX: 401-863-7657 Abstract Visualization for software understanding requires that the user be able to define specific visualizations that are specialized to the particular understanding task at hand. In this paper we describe a system that lets the user define such visualizations quickly and effectively. The system uses a visual query language over a variety of TYPE="REF" REFER="TfileClass" /> TTIP=”Allocation statistics organized by class”>

FIGURE 4. A sample entity definition. This definition represents statistical information about allocations by class. It is obtained from an XML file using the specified access rules and XML information specified for each field. The class field contains a reference to a TfileClass object. MURAL provides an internal mechanism that finds appropriate visualizations and offers the user an ordered choice of what it deems appropriate for viewing the specified COLOR="TRUE">