GP-1970: Remove TraceObject.getLifespan() and ilk

Ghidra/Debug/Debugger/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/debug/gui/stack/DebuggerStackProvider.java

@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ public class DebuggerStackProvider extends ComponentProviderAdapter {
 	}
 
 	protected void updateStack() {
-		Set<TraceStackFrame> toAdd = new LinkedHashSet<>(currentStack.getFrames());
+		Set<TraceStackFrame> toAdd = new LinkedHashSet<>(currentStack.getFrames(current.getSnap()));
 		for (Iterator<StackFrameRow> it = stackTableModel.getModelData().iterator(); it
 				.hasNext();) {
 			StackFrameRow row = it.next();
@@ -409,13 +409,13 @@ public class DebuggerStackProvider extends ComponentProviderAdapter {
 			contextChanged();
 			return;
 		}
-		if (currentStack == stack) {
+		if (currentStack == stack && stack.hasFixedFrames()) {
 			stackTableModel.fireTableDataChanged();
 			return;
 		}
 		currentStack = stack;
 		stackTableModel.clear();
-		for (TraceStackFrame frame : currentStack.getFrames()) {
+		for (TraceStackFrame frame : currentStack.getFrames(current.getSnap())) {
 			stackTableModel.add(new StackFrameRow(this, frame));
 		}
 	}

Ghidra/Debug/Debugger/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/debug/gui/stack/StackFrameRow.java

@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ public class StackFrameRow {
 	}
 
 	public String getComment() {
-		return frame == null ? "" : frame.getComment();
+		return frame == null ? "" : frame.getComment(getSnap());
 	}
 
 	public void setComment(String comment) {
 		try (UndoableTransaction tid = UndoableTransaction
 				.start(frame.getStack().getThread().getTrace(), "Frame comment", true)) {
-			frame.setComment(comment);
+			frame.setComment(getSnap(), comment);
 		}
 	}
 

Ghidra/Debug/Debugger/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/debug/service/breakpoint/DebuggerLogicalBreakpointServicePlugin.java

@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public class DebuggerLogicalBreakpointServicePlugin extends Plugin
 		private void breakpointDeleted(TraceBreakpoint tb) {
 			if (!tb.getLifespan().contains(info.recorder.getSnap())) {
 				// NOTE: User/script probably removed historical breakpoint
-				assert false;
+				// assert false;
 				return;
 			}
 			info.forgetTraceBreakpoint(c.r, tb);

Ghidra/Debug/Debugger/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/debug/service/model/record/ObjectBasedTraceRecorder.java

@@ -420,7 +420,10 @@ public class ObjectBasedTraceRecorder implements TraceRecorder {
 	@Override
 	public TraceThread getTraceThreadForSuccessor(TargetObject successor) {
 		TraceObject traceObject = objectRecorder.toTrace(successor);
-		return traceObject.queryCanonicalAncestorsInterface(Range.singleton(getSnap()),
+		if (traceObject == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return traceObject.queryCanonicalAncestorsInterface(
 			TraceObjectThread.class).findFirst().orElse(null);
 	}
 
@@ -432,7 +435,10 @@ public class ObjectBasedTraceRecorder implements TraceRecorder {
 	@Override
 	public TraceStackFrame getTraceStackFrameForSuccessor(TargetObject successor) {
 		TraceObject traceObject = objectRecorder.toTrace(successor);
-		return traceObject.queryCanonicalAncestorsInterface(Range.singleton(getSnap()),
+		if (traceObject == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return traceObject.queryCanonicalAncestorsInterface(
 			TraceObjectStackFrame.class).findFirst().orElse(null);
 	}
 
@@ -546,7 +552,7 @@ public class ObjectBasedTraceRecorder implements TraceRecorder {
 			TraceObject object = thread.getObject();
 			this.process = object
 					.queryAncestorsTargetInterface(Range.singleton(getSnap()), TargetProcess.class)
-					.map(p -> p.getFirstParent(object))
+					.map(p -> p.getSource(object))
 					.findFirst()
 					.orElse(null);
 		}
@@ -562,7 +568,7 @@ public class ObjectBasedTraceRecorder implements TraceRecorder {
 			}
 			return object
 					.queryAncestorsTargetInterface(Range.singleton(getSnap()), TargetProcess.class)
-					.map(p -> p.getFirstParent(object))
+					.map(p -> p.getSource(object))
 					.anyMatch(p -> p == process);
 		}
 	}

Ghidra/Debug/Debugger/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/debug/service/model/record/ObjectRecorder.java

@@ -82,11 +82,14 @@ class ObjectRecorder {
 			traceObject = objectManager.getRootObject();
 		}
 		else {
-			traceObject = objectManager
+			traceObject = objectManager.createObject(TraceObjectKeyPath.of(object.getPath()));
-					.createObject(TraceObjectKeyPath.of(object.getPath()), Range.atLeast(snap));
 		}
 		synchronized (objectMap) {
-			objectMap.put(new IDKeyed<>(object), new IDKeyed<>(traceObject));
+			IDKeyed<TraceObject> exists =
+				objectMap.put(new IDKeyed<>(object), new IDKeyed<>(traceObject));
+			if (exists != null) {
+				Msg.error(this, "Received created for an object that already exists: " + exists);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ class ObjectRecorder {
 			Msg.error(this, "Unknown object was invalidated: " + object);
 			return;
 		}
-		traceObject.obj.truncateOrDelete(Range.atLeast(snap));
+		traceObject.obj.removeTree(Range.atLeast(snap));
 	}
 
 	protected String encodeEnum(Enum<?> e) {
@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@ class ObjectRecorder {
 		if (found == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		TraceObject last = found.getLastChild(null);
+		TraceObject last = found.getDestination(null);
 		if (last == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -284,7 +287,7 @@ class ObjectRecorder {
 			return List.of();
 		}
 		return seed.querySuccessorsTargetInterface(Range.singleton(recorder.getSnap()), targetIf)
-				.map(p -> toTarget(p.getLastChild(seed)).as(targetIf))
+				.map(p -> toTarget(p.getDestination(seed)).as(targetIf))
 				.collect(Collectors.toList());
 	}
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Debugger/src/test/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/debug/gui/memory/DebuggerMemoryBytesProviderTest.java

@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ public class DebuggerMemoryBytesProviderTest extends AbstractGhidraHeadedDebugge
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testEditLiveBytesWritesTarget() throws Exception {
+	public void testEditLiveBytesWritesTarget() throws Throwable {
 		createTestModel();
 		mb.createTestProcessesAndThreads();
 
@@ -1097,12 +1097,12 @@ public class DebuggerMemoryBytesProviderTest extends AbstractGhidraHeadedDebugge
 		performAction(actionEdit);
 		triggerText(memBytesProvider.getByteViewerPanel().getCurrentComponent(), "42");
 		performAction(actionEdit);
+		waitForSwing();
+		waitRecorder(recorder);
 
 		byte[] data = new byte[4];
-		waitForPass(() -> {
+		mb.testProcess1.memory.getMemory(mb.addr(0x55550800), data);
-			mb.testProcess1.memory.getMemory(mb.addr(0x55550800), data);
+		assertArrayEquals(mb.arr(0x42, 0, 0, 0), data);
-			assertArrayEquals(mb.arr(0x42, 0, 0, 0), data);
-		});
 	}
 
 	@Test

Ghidra/Debug/Debugger/src/test/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/debug/gui/stack/DebuggerStackProviderTest.java

@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ public class DebuggerStackProviderTest extends AbstractGhidraHeadedDebuggerGUITe
 
 			TraceStackFrame frame = stack.getFrame(0, false);
 			frame.setProgramCounter(Range.all(), tb.addr(0x00400100));
-			frame.setComment("Hello");
+			frame.setComment(stack.getSnap(), "Hello");
 
 			frame = stack.getFrame(1, false);
 			frame.setProgramCounter(Range.all(), tb.addr(0x00400200));
-			frame.setComment("World");
+			frame.setComment(stack.getSnap(), "World");
 		}
 	}
 

Ghidra/Debug/Debugger/src/test/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/debug/service/model/record/ObjectBasedTraceRecorderTest.java

@@ -169,19 +169,22 @@ public class ObjectBasedTraceRecorderTest extends AbstractGhidraHeadedDebuggerGU
 	public void testRecordThreadNameReuse() throws Throwable {
 		startRecording();
 		mb.createTestProcessesAndThreads();
-		TraceThread thread1a = waitForValue(() -> recorder.getTraceThread(mb.testThread1));
+		waitRecorder(recorder);
+		TraceThread thread1 = recorder.getTraceThread(mb.testThread1);
+		assertNotNull(thread1);
+		TraceObject object1 = ((TraceObjectThread) thread1).getObject();
 
 		recorder.forceSnapshot();
 		mb.testProcess1.threads.removeThreads(mb.testThread1);
-
+		waitRecorder(recorder);
-		waitForPass(() -> assertEquals(Range.singleton(0L), thread1a.getLifespan()));
+		assertEquals(Range.singleton(0L), thread1.getLifespan());
 		assertNull(recorder.getTraceThread(mb.testThread1));
 
 		recorder.forceSnapshot();
 		mb.testThread1 = mb.testProcess1.addThread(1);
-		TraceThread thread1b = waitForValue(() -> recorder.getTraceThread(mb.testThread1));
+		waitRecorder(recorder);
-
+		assertSame(thread1, recorder.getTraceThread(mb.testThread1));
-		assertNotSame(thread1a, thread1b);
+		assertEquals(Set.of(Range.singleton(0L), Range.atLeast(2L)), object1.getLife().asRanges());
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -510,7 +513,7 @@ public class ObjectBasedTraceRecorderTest extends AbstractGhidraHeadedDebuggerGU
 		TraceObject traceBank = thread.getObject()
 				.querySuccessorsTargetInterface(Range.singleton(recorder.getSnap()),
 					TargetRegisterBank.class)
-				.map(p -> p.getLastChild(thread.getObject()))
+				.map(p -> p.getDestination(thread.getObject()))
 				.findAny()
 				.orElseThrow();
 

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-Debugging/src/main/java/ghidra/dbg/util/AllPathsMatcher.java

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/* ###
+ * IP: GHIDRA
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package ghidra.dbg.util;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public enum AllPathsMatcher implements PathPredicates {
+	INSTANCE;
+
+	@Override
+	public PathPredicates or(PathPredicates that) {
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean matches(List<String> path) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean successorCouldMatch(List<String> path, boolean strict) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean ancestorMatches(List<String> path, boolean strict) {
+		if (path.isEmpty() && strict) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getNextKeys(List<String> path) {
+		return Set.of("", "[]");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getNextNames(List<String> path) {
+		return Set.of("");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<String> getNextIndices(List<String> path) {
+		return Set.of("");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<String> getSingletonPath() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public PathPattern getSingletonPattern() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public PathPredicates applyKeys(List<String> keys) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isEmpty() {
+		return false;
+	}
+}

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-Debugging/src/main/java/ghidra/dbg/util/PathPredicates.java

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ public interface PathPredicates {
 		return new PathPattern(PathUtils.parse(pattern));
 	}
 
+	static PathPredicates all() {
+		return AllPathsMatcher.INSTANCE;
+	}
+
 	PathPredicates or(PathPredicates that);
 
 	/**

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/breakpoint/DBTraceObjectBreakpointLocation.java

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointLocation
 
 	// Keep copies here for when the object gets invalidated
 	private AddressRange range;
+	private Range<Long> lifespan;
 
 	public DBTraceObjectBreakpointLocation(DBTraceObject object) {
 		this.object = object;
@@ -98,29 +99,43 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointLocation
 		return object.getCanonicalPath().toString();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void setName(Range<Long> lifespan, String name) {
+		object.setValue(lifespan, TargetObject.DISPLAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, name);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void setName(String name) {
-		object.setValue(getLifespan(), TargetObject.DISPLAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, name);
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			setName(getLifespan(), name);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public String getName() {
-		return TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, getPlacedSnap(),
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
-			TargetObject.DISPLAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, String.class, "");
+			return TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, getPlacedSnap(),
+				TargetObject.DISPLAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, String.class, "");
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void setRange(AddressRange range) {
+	public void setRange(Range<Long> lifespan, AddressRange range) {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
-			object.setValue(getLifespan(), KEY_RANGE, range);
+			object.setValue(lifespan, KEY_RANGE, range);
 			this.range = range;
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public AddressRange getRange() {
-		return range = TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, getPlacedSnap(), KEY_RANGE,
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
-			AddressRange.class, range);
+			if (object.getLife().isEmpty()) {
+				return range;
+			}
+			return range = TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, getPlacedSnap(), KEY_RANGE,
+				AddressRange.class, range);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -146,17 +161,33 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointLocation
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
 			TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.setLifespan(TraceObjectBreakpointLocation.class, object,
 				lifespan);
+			this.lifespan = lifespan;
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public Range<Long> getLifespan() {
-		return object.getLifespan();
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
+			Range<Long> computed = computeSpan();
+			if (computed != null) {
+				lifespan = computed;
+			}
+			return lifespan;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Range<Long> computeSpan() {
+		Range<Long> span = TraceObjectBreakpointLocation.super.computeSpan();
+		if (span != null) {
+			return span;
+		}
+		return getSpecification().computeSpan();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public long getPlacedSnap() {
-		return object.getMinSnap();
+		return DBTraceUtils.lowerEndpoint(getLifespan());
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -168,7 +199,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointLocation
 
 	@Override
 	public long getClearedSnap() {
-		return object.getMaxSnap();
+		return DBTraceUtils.upperEndpoint(getLifespan());
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -183,10 +214,15 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointLocation
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void setEnabled(Range<Long> lifespan, boolean enabled) {
+		object.setValue(lifespan, TargetBreakpointSpec.ENABLED_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, enabled);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void setEnabled(boolean enabled) {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
-			object.setValue(getLifespan(), TargetBreakpointSpec.ENABLED_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, enabled);
+			setEnabled(getLifespan(), enabled);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -203,13 +239,20 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointLocation
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void setKinds(Collection<TraceBreakpointKind> kinds) {
+	public void setKinds(Range<Long> lifespan, Collection<TraceBreakpointKind> kinds) {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
 			TraceObjectBreakpointSpec spec = getSpecification();
 			if (spec.getObject() != this.getObject()) {
 				throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Set via the specification instead");
 			}
-			spec.setKinds(kinds);
+			spec.setKinds(lifespan, kinds);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setKinds(Collection<TraceBreakpointKind> kinds) {
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			setKinds(getLifespan(), kinds);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -235,17 +278,22 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointLocation
 
 			PathMatcher procMatcher = schema.searchFor(TargetProcess.class, false);
 			return object.getAncestors(getLifespan(), procMatcher)
-					.flatMap(proc -> proc.getFirstParent(object)
+					.flatMap(proc -> proc.getSource(object)
 							.querySuccessorsInterface(getLifespan(),
 								TraceObjectThread.class))
 					.collect(Collectors.toSet());
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void setComment(Range<Long> lifespan, String comment) {
+		object.setValue(lifespan, KEY_COMMENT, comment);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void setComment(String comment) {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
-			object.setValue(getLifespan(), KEY_COMMENT, comment);
+			setComment(getLifespan(), comment);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -257,7 +305,9 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointLocation
 
 	@Override
 	public void delete() {
-		object.deleteTree();
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			object.removeTree(computeSpan());
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -268,16 +318,14 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointLocation
 	@Override
 	public TraceObjectBreakpointSpec getSpecification() {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
-			return object
+			return object.queryCanonicalAncestorsInterface(TraceObjectBreakpointSpec.class)
-					.queryCanonicalAncestorsInterface(getLifespan(),
-						TraceObjectBreakpointSpec.class)
 					.findAny()
 					.orElseThrow();
 		}
 	}
 
 	public TraceAddressSpace getTraceAddressSpace() {
-		return spaceForValue(object.getMinSnap(), KEY_RANGE);
+		return spaceForValue(computeMinSnap(), KEY_RANGE);
 	}
 
 	@Override

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/breakpoint/DBTraceObjectBreakpointSpec.java

@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointSpec
 
 	@Override
 	public Range<Long> getLifespan() {
-		return object.getLifespan();
+		return computeSpan();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public long getPlacedSnap() {
-		return object.getMinSnap();
+		return computeMinSnap();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointSpec
 
 	@Override
 	public long getClearedSnap() {
-		return object.getMaxSnap();
+		return computeMaxSnap();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -144,16 +144,23 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointSpec
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void setKinds(Collection<TraceBreakpointKind> kinds) {
+	public void setKinds(Range<Long> lifespan, Collection<TraceBreakpointKind> kinds) {
 		// TODO: More efficient encoding
 		// TODO: Target-Trace mapping is implied by encoded name. Seems bad.
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
-			object.setValue(getLifespan(), TargetBreakpointSpec.KINDS_ATTRIBUTE_NAME,
+			object.setValue(lifespan, TargetBreakpointSpec.KINDS_ATTRIBUTE_NAME,
 				TraceBreakpointKindSet.encode(kinds));
 			this.kinds = TraceBreakpointKindSet.copyOf(kinds);
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void setKinds(Collection<TraceBreakpointKind> kinds) {
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			setKinds(getLifespan(), kinds);
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public Set<TraceBreakpointKind> getKinds() {
 		String kindsStr = TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, getPlacedSnap(),
@@ -187,7 +194,9 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointSpec
 
 	@Override
 	public void delete() {
-		object.deleteTree();
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			object.removeTree(computeSpan());
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -206,9 +215,9 @@ public class DBTraceObjectBreakpointSpec
 
 	@Override
 	public TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> translateEvent(TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> rec) {
-		if (rec.getEventType() == TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CHANGED.getType()) {
+		if (rec.getEventType() == TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CREATED.getType()) {
-			TraceChangeRecord<TraceObjectValue, Object> cast =
+			TraceChangeRecord<TraceObjectValue, Void> cast =
-				TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CHANGED.cast(rec);
+				TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CREATED.cast(rec);
 			TraceObjectValue affected = cast.getAffectedObject();
 			String key = affected.getEntryKey();
 			boolean applies = TargetBreakpointSpec.KINDS_ATTRIBUTE_NAME.equals(key) ||

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/memory/DBTraceObjectMemoryRegion.java

@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ public class DBTraceObjectMemoryRegion implements TraceObjectMemoryRegion, DBTra
 	private final DBTraceObject object;
 	private final RegionChangeTranslator translator;
 
+	// Keep copies here for when the object gets invalidated
+	private AddressRange range;
+	private Range<Long> lifespan;
+
 	public DBTraceObjectMemoryRegion(DBTraceObject object) {
 		this.object = object;
 
@@ -114,10 +118,15 @@ public class DBTraceObjectMemoryRegion implements TraceObjectMemoryRegion, DBTra
 		return object.getCanonicalPath().toString();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void setName(Range<Long> lifespan, String name) {
+		object.setValue(lifespan, TargetObject.DISPLAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, name);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void setName(String name) {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
-			object.setValue(getLifespan(), TargetObject.DISPLAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, name);
+			setName(computeSpan(), name);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -131,18 +140,21 @@ public class DBTraceObjectMemoryRegion implements TraceObjectMemoryRegion, DBTra
 	@Override
 	public void setLifespan(Range<Long> newLifespan) throws DuplicateNameException {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
-			Range<Long> oldLifespan = getLifespan();
-			if (Objects.equals(oldLifespan, newLifespan)) {
-				return;
-			}
 			TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.setLifespan(TraceObjectMemoryRegion.class, object,
 				newLifespan);
+			this.lifespan = newLifespan;
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public Range<Long> getLifespan() {
-		return object.getLifespan();
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
+			Range<Long> computed = computeSpan();
+			if (computed != null) {
+				lifespan = computed;
+			}
+			return lifespan;
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -154,7 +166,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectMemoryRegion implements TraceObjectMemoryRegion, DBTra
 
 	@Override
 	public long getCreationSnap() {
-		return object.getMinSnap();
+		return computeMinSnap();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -166,25 +178,32 @@ public class DBTraceObjectMemoryRegion implements TraceObjectMemoryRegion, DBTra
 
 	@Override
 	public long getDestructionSnap() {
-		return object.getMaxSnap();
+		return computeMaxSnap();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setRange(Range<Long> lifespan, AddressRange newRange) {
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			object.setValue(lifespan, TargetMemoryRegion.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, newRange);
+			this.range = newRange;
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void setRange(AddressRange newRange) {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
-			AddressRange oldRange = getRange();
+			setRange(computeSpan(), newRange);
-			if (Objects.equals(oldRange, newRange)) {
-				return;
-			}
-			object.setValue(getLifespan(), TargetMemoryRegion.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, newRange);
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public AddressRange getRange() {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
-			return TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, getCreationSnap(),
+			if (object.getLife().isEmpty()) {
-				TargetMemoryRegion.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, AddressRange.class, null);
+				return range;
+			}
+			return range = TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, getCreationSnap(),
+				TargetMemoryRegion.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, AddressRange.class, range);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -311,7 +330,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectMemoryRegion implements TraceObjectMemoryRegion, DBTra
 	@Override
 	public void delete() {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
-			object.deleteTree();
+			object.removeTree(computeSpan());
 		}
 	}
 

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/memory/DBTraceObjectRegister.java

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectRegister implements TraceObjectRegister, DBTraceObject
 
 	@Override
 	public TraceObjectThread getThread() {
-		return object.queryAncestorsInterface(object.getLifespan(), TraceObjectThread.class)
+		return object.queryCanonicalAncestorsInterface(TraceObjectThread.class)
 				.findAny()
 				.orElseThrow();
 	}
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectRegister implements TraceObjectRegister, DBTraceObject
 
 	@Override
 	public int getLength() {
-		return TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, object.getMinSnap(),
+		return TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, computeMinSnap(),
 			TargetRegister.LENGTH_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, Integer.class, 0);
 	}
 

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/module/DBTraceObjectModule.java

@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ public class DBTraceObjectModule implements TraceObjectModule, DBTraceObjectInte
 	private final DBTraceObject object;
 	private final ModuleChangeTranslator translator;
 
+	// Keep copies here for when the object gets invalidated
+	private AddressRange range;
+	private Range<Long> lifespan;
+
 	public DBTraceObjectModule(DBTraceObject object) {
 		this.object = object;
 
@@ -104,10 +108,15 @@ public class DBTraceObjectModule implements TraceObjectModule, DBTraceObjectInte
 		return object.getCanonicalPath().toString();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void setName(Range<Long> lifespan, String name) {
+		object.setValue(lifespan, TargetModule.MODULE_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, name);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void setName(String name) {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
-			object.setValue(getLifespan(), TargetModule.MODULE_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, name);
+			setName(computeSpan(), name);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -117,17 +126,30 @@ public class DBTraceObjectModule implements TraceObjectModule, DBTraceObjectInte
 			TargetModule.MODULE_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, String.class, "");
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void setRange(Range<Long> lifespan, AddressRange range) {
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			object.setValue(lifespan, TargetModule.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, range);
+			this.range = range;
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void setRange(AddressRange range) {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
-			object.setValue(getLifespan(), TargetModule.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, range);
+			setRange(computeSpan(), range);
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public AddressRange getRange() {
-		return TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, getLoadedSnap(),
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
-			TargetModule.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, AddressRange.class, null);
+			if (object.getLife().isEmpty()) {
+				return range;
+			}
+			return range = TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, getLoadedSnap(),
+				TargetModule.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, AddressRange.class, range);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -172,15 +194,23 @@ public class DBTraceObjectModule implements TraceObjectModule, DBTraceObjectInte
 	public void setLifespan(Range<Long> lifespan) throws DuplicateNameException {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
 			TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.setLifespan(TraceObjectModule.class, object, lifespan);
+			this.lifespan = lifespan;
 			for (TraceObjectSection section : getSections()) {
-				section.getObject().setLifespan(lifespan);
+				TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.setLifespan(TraceObjectSection.class, section.getObject(),
+					lifespan);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public Range<Long> getLifespan() {
-		return object.getLifespan();
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
+			Range<Long> computed = computeSpan();
+			if (computed != null) {
+				lifespan = computed;
+			}
+			return lifespan;
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -192,7 +222,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectModule implements TraceObjectModule, DBTraceObjectInte
 
 	@Override
 	public long getLoadedSnap() {
-		return object.getMinSnap();
+		return computeMinSnap();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -204,7 +234,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectModule implements TraceObjectModule, DBTraceObjectInte
 
 	@Override
 	public long getUnloadedSnap() {
-		return object.getMaxSnap();
+		return computeMaxSnap();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -220,14 +250,16 @@ public class DBTraceObjectModule implements TraceObjectModule, DBTraceObjectInte
 		PathMatcher matcher = object.getTargetSchema().searchFor(TargetSection.class, true);
 		PathMatcher applied = matcher.applyKeys(List.of(sectionName));
 		return object.getSuccessors(getLifespan(), applied)
-				.map(p -> p.getLastChild(object).queryInterface(TraceObjectSection.class))
+				.map(p -> p.getDestination(object).queryInterface(TraceObjectSection.class))
 				.findAny()
 				.orElse(null);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void delete() {
-		object.deleteTree();
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			object.removeTree(computeSpan());
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/module/DBTraceObjectSection.java

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ import ghidra.trace.database.target.DBTraceObject;
 import ghidra.trace.database.target.DBTraceObjectInterface;
 import ghidra.trace.model.Trace;
 import ghidra.trace.model.Trace.TraceSectionChangeType;
-import ghidra.trace.model.modules.*;
+import ghidra.trace.model.modules.TraceObjectModule;
+import ghidra.trace.model.modules.TraceSection;
 import ghidra.trace.model.target.TraceObject;
 import ghidra.trace.model.target.annot.TraceObjectInterfaceUtils;
 import ghidra.trace.util.TraceChangeRecord;
 import ghidra.trace.util.TraceChangeType;
 import ghidra.util.LockHold;
-import ghidra.util.exception.DuplicateNameException;
 
 public class DBTraceObjectSection implements TraceObjectSection, DBTraceObjectInterface {
 
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ public class DBTraceObjectSection implements TraceObjectSection, DBTraceObjectIn
 	private final DBTraceObject object;
 	private final SectionTranslator translator;
 
+	// Keep copies here for when the object gets invalidated
+	private AddressRange range;
+
 	public DBTraceObjectSection(DBTraceObject object) {
 		this.object = object;
 
@@ -80,9 +83,9 @@ public class DBTraceObjectSection implements TraceObjectSection, DBTraceObjectIn
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public TraceModule getModule() {
+	public TraceObjectModule getModule() {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
-			return object.queryAncestorsInterface(object.getLifespan(), TraceObjectModule.class)
+			return object.queryCanonicalAncestorsInterface(TraceObjectModule.class)
 					.findAny()
 					.orElseThrow();
 		}
@@ -94,30 +97,56 @@ public class DBTraceObjectSection implements TraceObjectSection, DBTraceObjectIn
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void setName(String name) throws DuplicateNameException {
+	public void setName(Range<Long> lifespan, String name) {
-		object.setValue(object.getLifespan(), TargetObject.DISPLAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, name);
+		object.setValue(lifespan, TargetObject.DISPLAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, name);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setName(String name) {
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			setName(computeSpan(), name);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public String getName() {
-		return TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, object.getMinSnap(),
+		return TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, computeMinSnap(),
 			TargetObject.DISPLAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, String.class, "");
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void setRange(AddressRange range) {
+	public void setRange(Range<Long> lifespan, AddressRange range) {
-		object.setValue(object.getLifespan(), TargetModule.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, range);
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			object.setValue(lifespan, TargetModule.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, range);
+			this.range = range;
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public AddressRange getRange() {
-		return TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, object.getMinSnap(),
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
-			TargetModule.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, AddressRange.class, null);
+			if (object.getLife().isEmpty()) {
+				return range;
+			}
+			return range = TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.getValue(object, computeMinSnap(),
+				TargetModule.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, AddressRange.class, range);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Range<Long> computeSpan() {
+		Range<Long> span = DBTraceObjectInterface.super.computeSpan();
+		if (span != null) {
+			return span;
+		}
+		return getModule().computeSpan();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void delete() {
-		object.deleteTree();
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			object.removeTree(computeSpan());
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/module/TraceObjectSection.java

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package ghidra.trace.database.module;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.Range;
+
 import ghidra.dbg.target.TargetObject;
 import ghidra.dbg.target.TargetSection;
 import ghidra.program.model.address.AddressRange;
@@ -30,5 +32,7 @@ import ghidra.trace.model.target.annot.TraceObjectInfo;
 		TargetSection.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME
 	})
 public interface TraceObjectSection extends TraceSection, TraceObjectInterface {
-	void setRange(AddressRange range);
+	void setName(Range<Long> lifespan, String name);
+
+	void setRange(Range<Long> lifespan, AddressRange range);
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/stack/DBTraceObjectStack.java

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStack implements TraceObjectStack, DBTraceObjectInterf
 	@Override
 	public TraceThread getThread() {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
-			return object.queryAncestorsInterface(object.getLifespan(), TraceObjectThread.class)
+			return object.queryAncestorsInterface(computeSpan(), TraceObjectThread.class)
 					.findAny()
 					.orElseThrow();
 		}
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStack implements TraceObjectStack, DBTraceObjectInterf
 
 	@Override
 	public long getSnap() {
-		return object.getMinSnap();
+		return computeMinSnap();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public int getDepth() {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
 			return object
-					.querySuccessorsInterface(object.getLifespan(), TraceObjectStackFrame.class)
+					.querySuccessorsInterface(computeSpan(), TraceObjectStackFrame.class)
 					.map(f -> f.getLevel())
 					.reduce(Integer::max)
 					.map(m -> m + 1)
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStack implements TraceObjectStack, DBTraceObjectInterf
 
 	protected void copyFrameAttributes(TraceObjectStackFrame from, TraceObjectStackFrame to) {
 		// TODO: All attributes within a given span, intersected to that span?
-		to.setProgramCounter(to.getObject().getLifespan(),
+		to.setProgramCounter(computeSpan(), from.getProgramCounter(computeMaxSnap()));
-			from.getProgramCounter(from.getObject().getMaxSnap()));
 	}
 
 	protected void shiftFrameAttributes(int from, int to, int count,
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStack implements TraceObjectStack, DBTraceObjectInterf
 	protected void clearFrameAttributes(int start, int end, List<TraceObjectStackFrame> frames) {
 		for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
 			TraceObjectStackFrame frame = frames.get(i);
-			frame.setProgramCounter(frame.getObject().getLifespan(), null);
+			frame.setProgramCounter(frame.computeSpan(), null);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStack implements TraceObjectStack, DBTraceObjectInterf
 		// TODO: Need a span parameter
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
 			List<TraceObjectStackFrame> frames = // Want mutable list
-				doGetFrames().collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new));
+				doGetFrames(computeMinSnap()).collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new));
 			int curDepth = frames.size();
 			if (curDepth == depth) {
 				return;
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStack implements TraceObjectStack, DBTraceObjectInterf
 					shiftFrameAttributes(diff, 0, depth, frames);
 				}
 				for (int i = depth; i < curDepth; i++) {
-					frames.get(i).getObject().deleteTree();
+					frames.get(i).getObject().removeTree(computeSpan());
 				}
 			}
 			else {
@@ -183,9 +182,9 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStack implements TraceObjectStack, DBTraceObjectInterf
 		TargetObjectSchema schema = object.getTargetSchema();
 		PathPredicates matcher = schema.searchFor(TargetStackFrame.class, true);
 		matcher = matcher.applyKeys(PathUtils.makeIndex(level));
-		return object.getSuccessors(object.getLifespan(), matcher)
+		return object.getSuccessors(computeSpan(), matcher)
 				.findAny()
-				.map(p -> p.getLastChild(object).queryInterface(TraceObjectStackFrame.class))
+				.map(p -> p.getDestination(object).queryInterface(TraceObjectStackFrame.class))
 				.orElse(null);
 	}
 
@@ -207,22 +206,24 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStack implements TraceObjectStack, DBTraceObjectInterf
 		}
 	}
 
-	protected Stream<TraceObjectStackFrame> doGetFrames() {
+	protected Stream<TraceObjectStackFrame> doGetFrames(long snap) {
 		return object
-				.querySuccessorsInterface(object.getLifespan(), TraceObjectStackFrame.class)
+				.querySuccessorsInterface(Range.singleton(snap), TraceObjectStackFrame.class)
 				.sorted(Comparator.comparing(f -> f.getLevel()));
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public List<TraceStackFrame> getFrames() {
+	public List<TraceStackFrame> getFrames(long snap) {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
-			return doGetFrames().collect(Collectors.toList());
+			return doGetFrames(snap).collect(Collectors.toList());
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void delete() {
-		object.deleteTree();
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			object.removeTree(computeSpan());
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -234,4 +235,9 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStack implements TraceObjectStack, DBTraceObjectInterf
 	public TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> translateEvent(TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> rec) {
 		return translator.translate(rec);
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean hasFixedFrames() {
+		return false;
+	}
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/stack/DBTraceObjectStackFrame.java

@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ package ghidra.trace.database.stack;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.Range;
+import com.google.common.collect.*;
 
 import ghidra.dbg.target.TargetStackFrame;
 import ghidra.dbg.util.PathUtils;
 import ghidra.program.model.address.Address;
 import ghidra.program.model.listing.CodeUnit;
+import ghidra.trace.database.DBTraceUtils;
 import ghidra.trace.database.target.DBTraceObject;
 import ghidra.trace.database.target.DBTraceObjectInterface;
 import ghidra.trace.model.Trace.TraceObjectChangeType;
@@ -32,12 +33,14 @@ import ghidra.trace.model.stack.TraceObjectStackFrame;
 import ghidra.trace.model.target.TraceObject;
 import ghidra.trace.model.target.TraceObjectValue;
 import ghidra.trace.model.target.annot.TraceObjectInterfaceUtils;
-import ghidra.trace.util.TraceAddressSpace;
 import ghidra.trace.util.TraceChangeRecord;
 import ghidra.util.LockHold;
 
 public class DBTraceObjectStackFrame implements TraceObjectStackFrame, DBTraceObjectInterface {
 	private final DBTraceObject object;
+	// TODO: Memorizing life is not optimal.
+	// GP-1887 means to expose multiple lifespans in, e.g., TraceThread
+	private RangeSet<Long> life = TreeRangeSet.create();
 
 	public DBTraceObjectStackFrame(DBTraceObject object) {
 		this.object = object;
@@ -46,8 +49,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStackFrame implements TraceObjectStackFrame, DBTraceOb
 	@Override
 	public TraceObjectStack getStack() {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
-			return object
+			return object.queryCanonicalAncestorsInterface(TraceObjectStack.class)
-					.queryCanonicalAncestorsInterface(object.getLifespan(), TraceObjectStack.class)
 					.findAny()
 					.orElseThrow();
 		}
@@ -85,16 +87,14 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStackFrame implements TraceObjectStackFrame, DBTraceOb
 			if (pc == Address.NO_ADDRESS) {
 				pc = null;
 			}
-			object.setValue(object.getLifespan().intersection(span),
+			object.setValue(span, TargetStackFrame.PC_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, pc);
-				TargetStackFrame.PC_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, pc);
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public String getComment() {
+	public String getComment(long snap) {
-		// TODO: Do I need to add a snap argument?
 		// TODO: One day, we'll have dynamic columns in the debugger
-		/**
+		/*
 		 * I don't use an attribute for this, because there's not a nice way track the "identity" of
 		 * a stack frame. If the frame is re-used (the recommendation for connector development),
 		 * the same comment may not necessarily apply. It'd be nice if the connector re-assigned
@@ -105,21 +105,23 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStackFrame implements TraceObjectStackFrame, DBTraceOb
 		 * follow the "same frame" as its level changes.
 		 */
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockRead()) {
-			Address pc = getProgramCounter(object.getMaxSnap());
+			Address pc = getProgramCounter(snap);
 			return pc == null ? null
 					: object.getTrace()
 							.getCommentAdapter()
-							.getComment(object.getMaxSnap(), pc, CodeUnit.EOL_COMMENT);
+							.getComment(snap, pc, CodeUnit.EOL_COMMENT);
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void setComment(String comment) {
+	public void setComment(long snap, String comment) {
-		// TODO: Do I need to add a span argument?
+		/* See rant in getComment */
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			TraceObjectValue pcAttr =
+				object.getValue(snap, TargetStackFrame.PC_ATTRIBUTE_NAME);
 			object.getTrace()
 					.getCommentAdapter()
-					.setComment(object.getLifespan(), getProgramCounter(object.getMaxSnap()),
+					.setComment(pcAttr.getLifespan(), (Address) pcAttr.getValue(),
 						CodeUnit.EOL_COMMENT, comment);
 		}
 	}
@@ -130,8 +132,8 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStackFrame implements TraceObjectStackFrame, DBTraceOb
 	}
 
 	protected boolean changeApplies(TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> rec) {
-		TraceChangeRecord<TraceObjectValue, Object> cast =
+		TraceChangeRecord<TraceObjectValue, Void> cast =
-			TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CHANGED.cast(rec);
+			TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CREATED.cast(rec);
 		TraceObjectValue affected = cast.getAffectedObject();
 		assert affected.getParent() == object;
 		if (!TargetStackFrame.PC_ATTRIBUTE_NAME.equals(affected.getEntryKey())) {
@@ -143,24 +145,45 @@ public class DBTraceObjectStackFrame implements TraceObjectStackFrame, DBTraceOb
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	protected long snapFor(TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> rec) {
+	@Override
-		if (rec.getEventType() == TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CHANGED.getType()) {
+	public Range<Long> computeSpan() {
-			return TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CHANGED.cast(rec).getAffectedObject().getMinSnap();
+		Range<Long> span = DBTraceObjectInterface.super.computeSpan();
+		if (span != null) {
+			return span;
 		}
-		return object.getMinSnap();
+		return getStack().computeSpan();
+	}
+
+	protected long snapFor(TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> rec) {
+		if (rec.getEventType() == TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CREATED.getType()) {
+			return TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CREATED.cast(rec).getAffectedObject().getMinSnap();
+		}
+		return computeMinSnap();
+	}
+
+	protected TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> createChangeRecord() {
+		return new TraceChangeRecord<>(TraceStackChangeType.CHANGED, null, getStack(), 0L,
+			DBTraceUtils.lowerEndpoint(life.span()));
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> translateEvent(TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> rec) {
-		if (rec.getEventType() == TraceObjectChangeType.INSERTED.getType() ||
+		int type = rec.getEventType();
-			rec.getEventType() == TraceObjectChangeType.DELETED.getType() ||
+		if (type == TraceObjectChangeType.LIFE_CHANGED.getType()) {
-			rec.getEventType() == TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CHANGED.getType() &&
+			RangeSet<Long> newLife = object.getLife();
-				changeApplies(rec)) {
+			if (!newLife.isEmpty()) {
-			TraceAddressSpace space =
+				life = newLife;
-				spaceForValue(object.getMinSnap(), TargetStackFrame.PC_ATTRIBUTE_NAME);
+			}
-			TraceObjectStack stack = getStack();
+			return createChangeRecord();
-			return new TraceChangeRecord<>(TraceStackChangeType.CHANGED, space, stack,
+		}
-				0L, snapFor(rec));
+		else if (type == TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CREATED.getType() && changeApplies(rec)) {
+			return createChangeRecord();
+		}
+		else if (type == TraceObjectChangeType.DELETED.getType()) {
+			if (life.isEmpty()) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			return createChangeRecord();
 		}
 		return null;
 	}

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/stack/DBTraceStack.java

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public class DBTraceStack extends DBAnnotatedObject implements TraceStack {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public List<TraceStackFrame> getFrames() {
+	public List<TraceStackFrame> getFrames(long snap) {
 		try (LockHold hold = LockHold.lock(manager.lock.readLock())) {
 			return List.copyOf(frames);
 		}
@@ -254,4 +254,9 @@ public class DBTraceStack extends DBAnnotatedObject implements TraceStack {
 		manager.trace
 				.setChanged(new TraceChangeRecord<>(TraceStackChangeType.DELETED, null, this));
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean hasFixedFrames() {
+		return true;
+	}
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/stack/DBTraceStackFrame.java

@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ public class DBTraceStackFrame extends DBAnnotatedObject
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public String getComment() {
+	public String getComment(long snap) {
 		return comment;
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void setComment(String comment) {
+	public void setComment(long snap, String comment) {
 		try (LockHold hold = LockHold.lock(manager.lock.writeLock())) {
 			this.comment = comment;
 			update(COMMENT_COLUMN);

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/target/DBTraceObjectAddressRangeValue.java

@@ -15,12 +15,9 @@
  */
 package ghidra.trace.database.target;
 
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
-
 import com.google.common.collect.Range;
 
 import db.DBRecord;
-import ghidra.dbg.util.PathPredicates;
 import ghidra.trace.database.DBTraceUtils;
 import ghidra.trace.database.map.DBTraceAddressSnapRangePropertyMapTree;
 import ghidra.trace.database.map.DBTraceAddressSnapRangePropertyMapTree.AbstractDBTraceAddressSnapRangePropertyMapData;
@@ -124,6 +121,11 @@ public class DBTraceObjectAddressRangeValue
 		throw new ClassCastException();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public DBTraceObject getChildOrNull() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean isCanonical() {
 		return false;
@@ -162,22 +164,6 @@ public class DBTraceObjectAddressRangeValue
 		}
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValPath> doGetSuccessors(Range<Long> span,
-			DBTraceObjectValPath pre, PathPredicates predicates) {
-		DBTraceObjectValPath path = pre == null ? DBTraceObjectValPath.of() : pre.append(this);
-		if (predicates.matches(path.getKeyList())) {
-			return Stream.of(path);
-		}
-		return Stream.empty();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValPath> doGetOrderedSuccessors(Range<Long> span,
-			DBTraceObjectValPath pre, PathPredicates predicates, boolean forward) {
-		return doGetSuccessors(span, pre, predicates);
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void doDelete() {
 		manager.rangeValueMap.deleteData(this);
@@ -186,19 +172,14 @@ public class DBTraceObjectAddressRangeValue
 	@Override
 	public void delete() {
 		try (LockHold hold = LockHold.lock(manager.lock.writeLock())) {
-			doDelete();
+			doDeleteAndEmit();
 		}
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void deleteTree() {
-		delete();
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public TraceObjectValue truncateOrDelete(Range<Long> span) {
 		try (LockHold hold = LockHold.lock(manager.lock.writeLock())) {
-			return doTruncateOrDelete(span);
+			return doTruncateOrDeleteAndEmitLifeChange(span);
 		}
 	}
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/target/DBTraceObjectInterface.java

@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
  */
 package ghidra.trace.database.target;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.Range;
+import com.google.common.collect.*;
 
+import ghidra.trace.database.DBTraceUtils;
 import ghidra.trace.model.Trace.TraceObjectChangeType;
 import ghidra.trace.model.TraceUniqueObject;
 import ghidra.trace.model.target.*;
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ public interface DBTraceObjectInterface extends TraceObjectInterface, TraceUniqu
 		private final String spaceValueKey;
 		private final DBTraceObject object;
 		private final T iface;
+		// TODO: Memorizing life is not optimal.
+		// GP-1887 means to expose multiple lifespans in, e.g., TraceThread
+		private RangeSet<Long> life = TreeRangeSet.create();
 
 		public Translator(String spaceValueKey, DBTraceObject object, T iface) {
 			this.spaceValueKey = spaceValueKey;
@@ -63,35 +67,67 @@ public interface DBTraceObjectInterface extends TraceObjectInterface, TraceUniqu
 			// Extension point
 		}
 
-		public TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> translate(TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> rec) {
+		protected TraceAddressSpace getSpace(RangeSet<Long> life) {
-			TraceAddressSpace space = spaceValueKey == null ? null
+			if (life.isEmpty()) {
-					: spaceForValue(object, object.getMinSnap(), spaceValueKey);
+				return null;
-			if (rec.getEventType() == TraceObjectChangeType.INSERTED.getType()) {
-				TraceChangeType<T, Void> type = getAddedType();
-				if (type == null) {
-					return null;
-				}
-				assert rec.getAffectedObject() == object;
-				emitExtraAdded();
-				return new TraceChangeRecord<>(type, space, iface, null,
-					null);
 			}
-			if (rec.getEventType() == TraceObjectChangeType.LIFESPAN_CHANGED.getType()) {
+			return spaceValueKey == null ? null
+					: spaceForValue(object, DBTraceUtils.lowerEndpoint(life.span()), spaceValueKey);
+		}
+
+		protected TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> translateAdded() {
+			TraceChangeType<T, Void> type = getAddedType();
+			if (type == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			emitExtraAdded();
+			return new TraceChangeRecord<>(type, getSpace(life), iface, null, null);
+		}
+
+		protected TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> translateLifespanChanged(RangeSet<Long> oldLife) {
+			TraceChangeType<T, Range<Long>> type = getLifespanChangedType();
+			if (type == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			Range<Long> oldLifespan = oldLife.span();
+			Range<Long> newLifespan = life.span();
+			emitExtraLifespanChanged(oldLifespan, newLifespan);
+			return new TraceChangeRecord<>(type, getSpace(life), iface, oldLifespan, newLifespan);
+		}
+
+		protected TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> translateDeleted(RangeSet<Long> life) {
+			TraceChangeType<T, Void> type = getDeletedType();
+			if (type == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			emitExtraDeleted();
+			return new TraceChangeRecord<>(type, getSpace(life), iface, null, null);
+		}
+
+		public TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> translate(TraceChangeRecord<?, ?> rec) {
+			if (rec.getEventType() == TraceObjectChangeType.LIFE_CHANGED.getType()) {
 				if (object.isDeleted()) {
 					return null;
 				}
-				TraceChangeType<T, Range<Long>> type = getLifespanChangedType();
-				if (type == null) {
-					return null;
-				}
 				assert rec.getAffectedObject() == object;
-				TraceChangeRecord<TraceObject, Range<Long>> cast =
+				RangeSet<Long> oldLife = life;
-					TraceObjectChangeType.LIFESPAN_CHANGED.cast(rec);
+				life = object.getLife();
-				emitExtraLifespanChanged(cast.getOldValue(), cast.getNewValue());
+				boolean oldHasLife = !oldLife.isEmpty();
-				return new TraceChangeRecord<>(type, space, iface,
+				boolean newHasLife = !life.isEmpty();
-					cast.getOldValue(), cast.getNewValue());
+				if (newHasLife && oldHasLife) {
+					return translateLifespanChanged(oldLife);
+				}
+				else if (newHasLife) {
+					return translateAdded();
+				}
+				else if (oldHasLife) {
+					return translateDeleted(oldLife);
+				}
+				else {
+					throw new AssertionError("Life changed from empty to empty?");
+				}
 			}
-			if (rec.getEventType() == TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CHANGED.getType()) {
+			if (rec.getEventType() == TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CREATED.getType()) {
 				if (object.isDeleted()) {
 					return null;
 				}
@@ -99,8 +135,8 @@ public interface DBTraceObjectInterface extends TraceObjectInterface, TraceUniqu
 				if (type == null) {
 					return null;
 				}
-				TraceChangeRecord<TraceObjectValue, Object> cast =
+				TraceChangeRecord<TraceObjectValue, Void> cast =
-					TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CHANGED.cast(rec);
+					TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CREATED.cast(rec);
 				TraceObjectValue affected = cast.getAffectedObject();
 				String key = affected.getEntryKey();
 				if (!appliesToKey(key)) {
@@ -112,16 +148,10 @@ public interface DBTraceObjectInterface extends TraceObjectInterface, TraceUniqu
 				}
 				emitExtraValueChanged(affected.getLifespan(), key, cast.getOldValue(),
 					cast.getNewValue());
-				return new TraceChangeRecord<>(type, space, iface, null, null);
+				return new TraceChangeRecord<>(type, getSpace(life), iface, null, null);
 			}
 			if (rec.getEventType() == TraceObjectChangeType.DELETED.getType()) {
-				TraceChangeType<T, Void> type = getDeletedType();
+				return translateDeleted(life);
-				if (type == null) {
-					return null;
-				}
-				assert rec.getAffectedObject() == object;
-				emitExtraDeleted();
-				return new TraceChangeRecord<>(type, space, iface, null, null);
 			}
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -162,6 +192,6 @@ public interface DBTraceObjectInterface extends TraceObjectInterface, TraceUniqu
 
 	@Override
 	default boolean isDeleted() {
-		return getObject().isDeleted();
+		return getObject().getLife().isEmpty();
 	}
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/target/DBTraceObjectManager.java

@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 	protected final DBCachedObjectIndex<DBTraceObject, DBTraceObjectValue> valuesByChild;
 
 	protected final Collection<TraceObject> objectsView;
+	protected final Collection<TraceObjectValue> valuesView;
 
 	protected TargetObjectSchema rootSchema;
 
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 			valueStore.getIndex(DBTraceObject.class, DBTraceObjectValue.CHILD_COLUMN);
 
 		objectsView = Collections.unmodifiableCollection(objectStore.asMap().values());
+		valuesView = Collections.unmodifiableCollection(valueStore.asMap().values());
 	}
 
 	protected void loadRootSchema() {
@@ -276,18 +278,31 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 		}
 		DBTraceObjectValue entry = valueStore.create();
 		entry.set(lifespan, parent, key, value);
+		if (parent != null) {
+			// Don't need event for root value created
+			parent.emitEvents(
+				new TraceChangeRecord<>(TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_CREATED, null, entry));
+		}
 		return entry;
 	}
 
-	protected DBTraceObject doCreateObject(TraceObjectKeyPath path, Range<Long> lifespan) {
+	protected DBTraceObject doCreateObject(TraceObjectKeyPath path) {
-		DBTraceObject obj = objectStore.create();
+		DBTraceObject obj = objectsByPath.getOne(path);
-		obj.set(path, lifespan);
+		if (obj != null) {
+			return obj;
+		}
+		obj = objectStore.create();
+		obj.set(path);
 		obj.emitEvents(new TraceChangeRecord<>(TraceObjectChangeType.CREATED, null, obj));
 		return obj;
 	}
 
+	protected DBTraceObject doGetObject(TraceObjectKeyPath path) {
+		return objectsByPath.getOne(path);
+	}
+
 	@Override
-	public DBTraceObject createObject(TraceObjectKeyPath path, Range<Long> lifespan) {
+	public DBTraceObject createObject(TraceObjectKeyPath path) {
 		if (path.isRoot()) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot create non-root object with root path");
 		}
@@ -295,7 +310,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 			if (rootSchema == null) {
 				throw new IllegalStateException("No schema! Create the root object, first.");
 			}
-			return doCreateObject(path, lifespan);
+			return doCreateObject(path);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -303,7 +318,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 	public TraceObjectValue createRootObject(TargetObjectSchema schema) {
 		try (LockHold hold = trace.lockWrite()) {
 			setSchema(schema);
-			DBTraceObject root = doCreateObject(TraceObjectKeyPath.of(), Range.all());
+			DBTraceObject root = doCreateObject(TraceObjectKeyPath.of());
 			assert root.getKey() == 0;
 			InternalTraceObjectValue val = doCreateValue(Range.all(), null, "", root);
 			assert val.getKey() == 0;
@@ -331,29 +346,29 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public Collection<? extends DBTraceObject> getObjectsByCanonicalPath(
+	public DBTraceObject getObjectByCanonicalPath(TraceObjectKeyPath path) {
-			TraceObjectKeyPath path) {
+		return objectsByPath.getOne(path);
-		return objectsByPath.get(path);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public Stream<? extends DBTraceObject> getObjectsByPath(Range<Long> span,
 			TraceObjectKeyPath path) {
+		DBTraceObject root = getRootObject();
 		return getValuePaths(span, new PathPattern(path.getKeyList()))
-				.map(p -> p.getLastChild(getRootObject()))
+				.map(p -> p.getDestinationValue(root))
 				.filter(DBTraceObject.class::isInstance)
 				.map(DBTraceObject.class::cast);
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValPath> getValuePaths(
+	public Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValPath> getValuePaths(Range<Long> span,
-			Range<Long> span, PathPredicates predicates) {
+			PathPredicates predicates) {
 		try (LockHold hold = trace.lockRead()) {
 			DBTraceObjectValue rootVal = valueStore.getObjectAt(0);
 			if (rootVal == null) {
 				return Stream.of();
 			}
-			return rootVal.doGetSuccessors(span, null, predicates);
+			return rootVal.doStreamVisitor(span, new InternalSuccessorsVisitor(predicates));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -362,6 +377,11 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 		return objectsView;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public Collection<? extends TraceObjectValue> getAllValues() {
+		return valuesView;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public Collection<? extends TraceObjectValue> getValuesIntersecting(Range<Long> span,
 			AddressRange range) {
@@ -384,14 +404,25 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 		PathMatcher matcher = rootSchema.searchFor(targetIf, true);
 		return getValuePaths(span, matcher)
 				.filter(p -> {
-					TraceObject object = p.getLastChild(getRootObject());
+					TraceObject object = p.getDestination(getRootObject());
 					if (object == null) {
 						Msg.error(this, "NULL VALUE! " + p.getLastEntry());
 						return false;
 					}
 					return true;
 				})
-				.map(p -> p.getLastChild(getRootObject()).queryInterface(ifClass));
+				.map(p -> p.getDestination(getRootObject()).queryInterface(ifClass));
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void cullDisconnectedObjects() {
+		try (LockHold hold = trace.lockWrite()) {
+			for (DBTraceObject obj : objectStore.asMap().values()) {
+				if (!obj.doIsConnected()) {
+					obj.delete();
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -419,7 +450,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 	}
 
 	protected <I extends TraceObjectInterface> I doAddWithInterface(List<String> keyList,
-			Range<Long> lifespan, Class<I> iface, ConflictResolution resolution) {
+			Class<I> iface) {
 		Class<? extends TargetObject> targetIf = TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.toTargetIf(iface);
 		TargetObjectSchema schema = rootSchema.getSuccessorSchema(keyList);
 		if (!schema.getInterfaces().contains(targetIf)) {
@@ -427,14 +458,12 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 				"Schema " + schema + " at " + PathUtils.toString(keyList) +
 					" does not provide interface " + iface.getSimpleName());
 		}
-		DBTraceObject obj = createObject(TraceObjectKeyPath.of(keyList), lifespan);
+		DBTraceObject obj = createObject(TraceObjectKeyPath.of(keyList));
-		obj.insert(resolution);
 		return obj.queryInterface(iface);
 	}
 
-	protected <I extends TraceObjectInterface> I doAddWithInterface(String path,
+	protected <I extends TraceObjectInterface> I doAddWithInterface(String path, Class<I> iface) {
-			Range<Long> lifespan, Class<I> iface, ConflictResolution resolution) {
+		return doAddWithInterface(PathUtils.parse(path), iface);
-		return doAddWithInterface(PathUtils.parse(path), lifespan, iface, resolution);
 	}
 
 	public <I extends TraceObjectInterface> Collection<I> getAllObjects(Class<I> iface) {
@@ -523,7 +552,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 			PathPredicates predicates, long snap, Class<I> iface) {
 		try (LockHold hold = trace.lockRead()) {
 			return seed.getSuccessors(Range.singleton(snap), predicates)
-					.map(p -> p.getLastChild(seed).queryInterface(iface))
+					.map(p -> p.getDestination(seed).queryInterface(iface))
 					.filter(i -> i != null)
 					.findAny()
 					.orElse(null);
@@ -534,7 +563,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 			TraceObjectKeyPath path, long snap, Class<I> iface) {
 		try (LockHold hold = trace.lockRead()) {
 			return seed.getOrderedSuccessors(Range.atMost(snap), path, false)
-					.map(p -> p.getLastChild(seed).queryInterface(iface))
+					.map(p -> p.getDestination(seed).queryInterface(iface))
 					.filter(i -> i != null)
 					.findAny()
 					.orElse(null);
@@ -553,14 +582,15 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 				"breakpoint specification on the given path.");
 		}
 		try (LockHold hold = trace.lockWrite()) {
-			TraceObjectBreakpointLocation loc = doAddWithInterface(path, lifespan,
+			TraceObjectBreakpointLocation loc =
-				TraceObjectBreakpointLocation.class, ConflictResolution.DENY);
+				doAddWithInterface(path, TraceObjectBreakpointLocation.class);
-			loc.setName(path);
+			loc.setName(lifespan, path);
-			loc.setRange(range);
+			loc.setRange(lifespan, range);
 			// NB. Ignore threads. I'd like to deprecate that field, anyway.
-			loc.setKinds(kinds);
+			loc.setKinds(lifespan, kinds);
-			loc.setEnabled(enabled);
+			loc.setEnabled(lifespan, enabled);
-			loc.setComment(comment);
+			loc.setComment(lifespan, comment);
+			loc.getObject().insert(lifespan, ConflictResolution.DENY);
 			return loc;
 		}
 		catch (DuplicateKeyException e) {
@@ -572,11 +602,12 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 			AddressRange range, Collection<TraceMemoryFlag> flags)
 			throws TraceOverlappedRegionException {
 		try (LockHold hold = trace.lockWrite()) {
-			TraceObjectMemoryRegion region = doAddWithInterface(path, lifespan,
+			TraceObjectMemoryRegion region =
-				TraceObjectMemoryRegion.class, ConflictResolution.TRUNCATE);
+				doAddWithInterface(path, TraceObjectMemoryRegion.class);
-			region.setName(path);
+			region.setName(lifespan, path);
-			region.setRange(range);
+			region.setRange(lifespan, range);
-			region.setFlags(flags);
+			region.setFlags(lifespan, flags);
+			region.getObject().insert(lifespan, ConflictResolution.TRUNCATE);
 			return region;
 		}
 	}
@@ -584,10 +615,10 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 	public TraceObjectModule addModule(String path, String name, Range<Long> lifespan,
 			AddressRange range) throws DuplicateNameException {
 		try (LockHold hold = trace.lockWrite()) {
-			TraceObjectModule module = doAddWithInterface(path, lifespan, TraceObjectModule.class,
+			TraceObjectModule module = doAddWithInterface(path, TraceObjectModule.class);
-				ConflictResolution.DENY);
+			module.setName(lifespan, name);
-			module.setName(name);
+			module.setRange(lifespan, range);
-			module.setRange(range);
+			module.getObject().insert(lifespan, ConflictResolution.DENY);
 			return module;
 		}
 		catch (DuplicateKeyException e) {
@@ -598,10 +629,10 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 	public TraceObjectSection addSection(String path, String name, Range<Long> lifespan,
 			AddressRange range) throws DuplicateNameException {
 		try (LockHold hold = trace.lockWrite()) {
-			TraceObjectSection section = doAddWithInterface(path, lifespan,
+			TraceObjectSection section = doAddWithInterface(path, TraceObjectSection.class);
-				TraceObjectSection.class, ConflictResolution.DENY);
+			section.setName(lifespan, name);
-			section.setName(name);
+			section.setRange(lifespan, range);
-			section.setRange(range);
+			section.getObject().insert(lifespan, ConflictResolution.DENY);
 			return section;
 		}
 		catch (DuplicateKeyException e) {
@@ -611,24 +642,41 @@ public class DBTraceObjectManager implements TraceObjectManager, DBTraceManager
 
 	public TraceObjectStack addStack(List<String> keyList, long snap) {
 		try (LockHold hold = trace.lockWrite()) {
-			return doAddWithInterface(keyList, Range.singleton(snap), TraceObjectStack.class,
+			TraceObjectStack stack = doAddWithInterface(keyList, TraceObjectStack.class);
-				ConflictResolution.DENY);
+			stack.getObject().insert(Range.singleton(snap), ConflictResolution.DENY);
+			return stack;
 		}
 	}
 
 	public TraceObjectStackFrame addStackFrame(List<String> keyList, long snap) {
 		try (LockHold hold = trace.lockWrite()) {
-			return doAddWithInterface(keyList, Range.singleton(snap), TraceObjectStackFrame.class,
+			TraceObjectStackFrame frame = doAddWithInterface(keyList, TraceObjectStackFrame.class);
-				ConflictResolution.DENY);
+			frame.getObject().insert(Range.singleton(snap), ConflictResolution.DENY);
+			return frame;
 		}
 	}
 
+	protected void checkDuplicateThread(String path, Range<Long> lifespan)
+			throws DuplicateNameException {
+		// TODO: Change the semantics to just expand the life rather than complain of duplication
+		DBTraceObject exists = getObjectByCanonicalPath(TraceObjectKeyPath.parse(path));
+		if (exists == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+		if (exists.getLife().subRangeSet(lifespan).isEmpty()) {
+			return;
+		}
+		throw new DuplicateNameException("A thread having path '" + path +
+			"' already exists within an overlapping snap");
+	}
+
 	public TraceObjectThread addThread(String path, String display, Range<Long> lifespan)
 			throws DuplicateNameException {
 		try (LockHold hold = trace.lockWrite()) {
-			TraceObjectThread thread = doAddWithInterface(path, lifespan, TraceObjectThread.class,
+			checkDuplicateThread(path, lifespan);
-				ConflictResolution.DENY);
+			TraceObjectThread thread = doAddWithInterface(path, TraceObjectThread.class);
-			thread.setName(display);
+			thread.setName(lifespan, display);
+			thread.getObject().insert(lifespan, ConflictResolution.DENY);
 			return thread;
 		}
 		catch (DuplicateKeyException e) {

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/target/DBTraceObjectValPath.java

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectValPath implements TraceObjectValPath {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public TraceObject getFirstParent(TraceObject ifEmpty) {
+	public TraceObject getSource(TraceObject ifEmpty) {
 		InternalTraceObjectValue first = getFirstEntry();
 		return first == null ? ifEmpty : first.getParent();
 	}
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ public class DBTraceObjectValPath implements TraceObjectValPath {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public Object getLastValue(Object ifEmpty) {
+	public Object getDestinationValue(Object ifEmpty) {
 		InternalTraceObjectValue last = getLastEntry();
 		return last == null ? ifEmpty : last.getValue();
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public TraceObject getLastChild(TraceObject ifEmpty) {
+	public TraceObject getDestination(TraceObject ifEmpty) {
 		InternalTraceObjectValue last = getLastEntry();
 		return last == null ? ifEmpty : last.getChild();
 	}

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/target/DBTraceObjectValue.java

@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
 import com.google.common.collect.Range;
 
 import db.*;
-import ghidra.dbg.util.PathPredicates;
 import ghidra.trace.database.DBTraceUtils;
+import ghidra.trace.database.target.InternalTreeTraversal.Visitor;
 import ghidra.trace.model.Trace;
 import ghidra.trace.model.target.TraceObject;
-import ghidra.trace.model.target.TraceObjectValPath;
 import ghidra.util.LockHold;
 import ghidra.util.database.*;
 import ghidra.util.database.DBCachedObjectStoreFactory.AbstractDBFieldCodec;
@@ -276,6 +275,11 @@ public class DBTraceObjectValue extends DBAnnotatedObject implements InternalTra
 		return (DBTraceObject) getValue();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public DBTraceObject getChildOrNull() {
+		return child;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public Range<Long> getLifespan() {
 		try (LockHold hold = manager.trace.lockRead()) {
@@ -311,46 +315,9 @@ public class DBTraceObjectValue extends DBAnnotatedObject implements InternalTra
 		}
 	}
 
-	protected Stream<TraceObjectValPath> doGetAllPaths(Range<Long> span,
+	protected Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValPath> doStreamVisitor(Range<Long> span,
-			DBTraceObjectValPath post) {
+			Visitor visitor) {
-		return triple.parent.doGetAllPaths(span, post.prepend(this));
+		return InternalTreeTraversal.INSTANCE.walkValue(visitor, this, span, null);
-	}
-
-	protected Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValPath> doGetAncestors(Range<Long> span,
-			DBTraceObjectValPath post, PathPredicates predicates) {
-		return triple.parent.doGetAncestors(span, post.prepend(this), predicates);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValPath> doGetSuccessors(
-			Range<Long> span, DBTraceObjectValPath pre, PathPredicates predicates) {
-		DBTraceObjectValPath path = pre == null ? DBTraceObjectValPath.of() : pre.append(this);
-		boolean includeMe = predicates.matches(path.getKeyList());
-		boolean descend = child != null;
-		if (includeMe && descend) {
-			return Stream.concat(Stream.of(path), child.doGetSuccessors(span, path, predicates));
-		}
-		if (includeMe) {
-			return Stream.of(path);
-		}
-		if (descend) {
-			return child.doGetSuccessors(span, path, predicates);
-		}
-		return Stream.empty();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValPath> doGetOrderedSuccessors(Range<Long> span,
-			DBTraceObjectValPath pre, PathPredicates predicates, boolean forward) {
-		DBTraceObjectValPath path = pre == null ? DBTraceObjectValPath.of() : pre.append(this);
-		if (predicates.matches(path.getKeyList())) {
-			// Singleton path, so if I match, nothing below can
-			return Stream.of(path);
-		}
-		if (child == null) {
-			return Stream.of();
-		}
-		return child.doGetOrderedSuccessors(span, path, predicates, forward);
 	}
 
 	protected boolean doIsCanonical() {
@@ -370,13 +337,6 @@ public class DBTraceObjectValue extends DBAnnotatedObject implements InternalTra
 		}
 	}
 
-	protected void doDeleteSuccessors() {
-		if (!doIsCanonical()) {
-			return;
-		}
-		child.doDeleteTree();
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void doDelete() {
 		manager.doDeleteEdge(this);
@@ -388,19 +348,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectValue extends DBAnnotatedObject implements InternalTra
 			if (triple.parent == null) {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot delete root value");
 			}
-			doDelete();
+			doDeleteAndEmit();
-		}
-	}
-
-	protected void doDeleteTree() {
-		doDeleteSuccessors();
-		doDelete();
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void deleteTree() {
-		try (LockHold hold = LockHold.lock(manager.lock.writeLock())) {
-			doDeleteTree();
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -410,7 +358,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectValue extends DBAnnotatedObject implements InternalTra
 			if (triple.parent == null) {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot truncate or delete root value");
 			}
-			return doTruncateOrDelete(span);
+			return doTruncateOrDeleteAndEmitLifeChange(span);
 		}
 	}
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/target/InternalAllPathsVisitor.java

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* ###
+ * IP: GHIDRA
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package ghidra.trace.database.target;
+
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Range;
+
+import ghidra.trace.database.target.InternalTreeTraversal.SpanIntersectingVisitor;
+import ghidra.trace.database.target.InternalTreeTraversal.VisitResult;
+
+public enum InternalAllPathsVisitor implements SpanIntersectingVisitor {
+	INSTANCE;
+
+	@Override
+	public DBTraceObjectValPath composePath(DBTraceObjectValPath pre,
+			InternalTraceObjectValue value) {
+		return pre.prepend(value);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public VisitResult visitValue(InternalTraceObjectValue value, DBTraceObjectValPath path) {
+		if (value.getParent() == null) {
+			return VisitResult.EXCLUDE_FINISH;
+		}
+		if (value.getParent().isRoot()) {
+			// It may have other parents
+			return VisitResult.INCLUDE_CONTINUE;
+		}
+		return VisitResult.EXCLUDE_CONTINUE;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public DBTraceObject continueObject(InternalTraceObjectValue value) {
+		return value.getParent();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Stream<? extends InternalTraceObjectValue> continueValues(DBTraceObject object,
+			Range<Long> span, DBTraceObjectValPath path) {
+		return object.getParents().stream().filter(v -> !path.contains(v));
+	}
+}

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/target/InternalAncestorsVisitor.java

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* ###
+ * IP: GHIDRA
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package ghidra.trace.database.target;
+
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Range;
+
+import ghidra.dbg.util.PathPredicates;
+import ghidra.trace.database.target.InternalTreeTraversal.SpanIntersectingVisitor;
+import ghidra.trace.database.target.InternalTreeTraversal.VisitResult;
+
+public class InternalAncestorsVisitor implements SpanIntersectingVisitor {
+
+	protected final PathPredicates predicates;
+
+	public InternalAncestorsVisitor(PathPredicates predicates) {
+		this.predicates = predicates;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public DBTraceObjectValPath composePath(DBTraceObjectValPath pre,
+			InternalTraceObjectValue value) {
+		return pre == null ? DBTraceObjectValPath.of() : pre.prepend(value);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public VisitResult visitValue(InternalTraceObjectValue value, DBTraceObjectValPath path) {
+		return VisitResult.result(
+			predicates.matches(value.getParent().getCanonicalPath().getKeyList()), true);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public DBTraceObject continueObject(InternalTraceObjectValue value) {
+		return value.getParent();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Stream<? extends InternalTraceObjectValue> continueValues(DBTraceObject object,
+			Range<Long> span, DBTraceObjectValPath path) {
+		if (object.isRoot()) {
+			return Stream.empty();
+		}
+		/**
+		 * Can't really filter the parent values by predicates here, since the predicates are not
+		 * matching relative paths, but canonical paths.
+		 */
+		return object.getParents().stream().filter(v -> !path.contains(v));
+	}
+}

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/target/InternalOrderedSuccessorsVisitor.java

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/* ###
+ * IP: GHIDRA
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package ghidra.trace.database.target;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Range;
+
+import ghidra.dbg.util.PathPattern;
+import ghidra.dbg.util.PathPredicates;
+import ghidra.trace.database.target.InternalTreeTraversal.SpanIntersectingVisitor;
+import ghidra.trace.database.target.InternalTreeTraversal.VisitResult;
+import ghidra.trace.model.target.TraceObjectKeyPath;
+
+public class InternalOrderedSuccessorsVisitor implements SpanIntersectingVisitor {
+
+	protected final PathPredicates predicates;
+	protected final boolean forward;
+
+	public InternalOrderedSuccessorsVisitor(TraceObjectKeyPath path, boolean forward) {
+		this.predicates = new PathPattern(path.getKeyList());
+		this.forward = forward;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public DBTraceObjectValPath composePath(DBTraceObjectValPath pre,
+			InternalTraceObjectValue value) {
+		return pre == null ? DBTraceObjectValPath.of() : pre.append(value);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public VisitResult visitValue(InternalTraceObjectValue value, DBTraceObjectValPath path) {
+		List<String> keyList = path.getKeyList();
+		if (predicates.matches(keyList)) {
+			// Singleton path, so if I match, no successor can
+			return VisitResult.INCLUDE_FINISH;
+		}
+		if (value.getChildOrNull() == null || predicates.successorCouldMatch(keyList, true)) {
+			return VisitResult.EXCLUDE_FINISH;
+		}
+		return VisitResult.EXCLUDE_CONTINUE;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public DBTraceObject continueObject(InternalTraceObjectValue value) {
+		return value.getChildOrNull();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Stream<? extends InternalTraceObjectValue> continueValues(DBTraceObject object,
+			Range<Long> span, DBTraceObjectValPath path) {
+		Set<String> nextKeys = predicates.getNextKeys(path.getKeyList());
+		if (nextKeys.isEmpty()) {
+			return Stream.empty();
+		}
+		if (nextKeys.size() != 1) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("predicates must be a singleton");
+		}
+		String next = nextKeys.iterator().next();
+		if (PathPattern.isWildcard(next)) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("predicates must be a singleton");
+		}
+		return object.doGetOrderedValues(span, next, forward);
+	}
+}

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/target/InternalSuccessorsVisitor.java

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/* ###
+ * IP: GHIDRA
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package ghidra.trace.database.target;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Range;
+
+import ghidra.dbg.util.PathPredicates;
+import ghidra.trace.database.DBTraceUtils;
+import ghidra.trace.database.target.InternalTreeTraversal.SpanIntersectingVisitor;
+import ghidra.trace.database.target.InternalTreeTraversal.VisitResult;
+
+public class InternalSuccessorsVisitor implements SpanIntersectingVisitor {
+
+	protected final PathPredicates predicates;
+
+	public InternalSuccessorsVisitor(PathPredicates predicates) {
+		this.predicates = predicates;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public DBTraceObjectValPath composePath(DBTraceObjectValPath pre,
+			InternalTraceObjectValue value) {
+		return pre == null ? DBTraceObjectValPath.of() : pre.append(value);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public VisitResult visitValue(InternalTraceObjectValue value, DBTraceObjectValPath path) {
+		List<String> keyList = path.getKeyList();
+		return VisitResult.result(predicates.matches(keyList),
+			predicates.successorCouldMatch(keyList, true) && value.getChildOrNull() != null);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public DBTraceObject continueObject(InternalTraceObjectValue value) {
+		return value.getChildOrNull();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Stream<? extends InternalTraceObjectValue> continueValues(DBTraceObject object,
+			Range<Long> span, DBTraceObjectValPath pre) {
+		Set<String> nextKeys = predicates.getNextKeys(pre.getKeyList());
+		if (nextKeys.isEmpty()) {
+			return Stream.empty();
+		}
+
+		Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValue> attrStream;
+		if (nextKeys.contains("")) {
+			attrStream = object.doGetAttributes()
+					.stream()
+					.filter(v -> DBTraceUtils.intersect(span, v.getLifespan()));
+		}
+		else {
+			attrStream = Stream.empty();
+		}
+
+		Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValue> elemStream;
+		if (nextKeys.contains("[]")) {
+			elemStream = object.doGetElements()
+					.stream()
+					.filter(v -> DBTraceUtils.intersect(span, v.getLifespan()));
+		}
+		else {
+			elemStream = Stream.empty();
+		}
+
+		Stream<InternalTraceObjectValue> restStream = nextKeys.stream()
+				.filter(k -> !"".equals(k) && !"[]".equals(k))
+				.flatMap(k -> object.doGetValues(span, k).stream());
+
+		return Stream.concat(Stream.concat(attrStream, elemStream), restStream);
+	}
+}

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/target/InternalTraceObjectValue.java

@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@
 package ghidra.trace.database.target;
 
 import java.util.*;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.apache.commons.collections4.IterableUtils;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Range;
 
-import ghidra.dbg.util.PathPredicates;
 import ghidra.trace.database.DBTraceUtils;
 import ghidra.trace.database.DBTraceUtils.LifespanMapSetter;
 import ghidra.trace.model.Trace.TraceObjectChangeType;
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@ interface InternalTraceObjectValue extends TraceObjectValue {
 					keep = entry;
 				}
 				else {
-					entry.doDelete();
+					entry.doDeleteAndEmit();
 				}
 			}
 			else {
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@ interface InternalTraceObjectValue extends TraceObjectValue {
 				return null;
 			}
 			if (keep != null && Objects.equals(this.value, value)) {
-				keep.doSetLifespan(range);
+				keep.doSetLifespanAndEmit(range);
 				return keep;
 			}
 			for (InternalTraceObjectValue k : kept) {
@@ -114,7 +112,16 @@ interface InternalTraceObjectValue extends TraceObjectValue {
 	@Override
 	DBTraceObject getChild();
 
-	void doSetLifespan(Range<Long> range);
+	DBTraceObject getChildOrNull();
+
+	void doSetLifespan(Range<Long> lifespan);
+
+	default void doSetLifespanAndEmit(Range<Long> lifespan) {
+		Range<Long> oldLifespan = getLifespan();
+		doSetLifespan(lifespan);
+		getParent().emitEvents(new TraceChangeRecord<>(
+			TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_LIFESPAN_CHANGED, null, this, oldLifespan, lifespan));
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	default void setLifespan(Range<Long> lifespan) {
@@ -124,7 +131,6 @@ interface InternalTraceObjectValue extends TraceObjectValue {
 	@Override
 	default void setLifespan(Range<Long> lifespan, ConflictResolution resolution) {
 		try (LockHold hold = getTrace().lockWrite()) {
-			Range<Long> oldLifespan = getLifespan();
 			if (getParent() == null) {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot set lifespan of root value");
 			}
@@ -145,29 +151,37 @@ interface InternalTraceObjectValue extends TraceObjectValue {
 					return getParent().doCreateValue(range, getEntryKey(), value);
 				}
 			}.set(lifespan, getValue());
-			getParent().emitEvents(new TraceChangeRecord<>(
-				TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_LIFESPAN_CHANGED, null, this, oldLifespan, lifespan));
 		}
 	}
 
-	Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValPath> doGetSuccessors(Range<Long> span,
-			DBTraceObjectValPath pre, PathPredicates predicates);
-
-	Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValPath> doGetOrderedSuccessors(Range<Long> span,
-			DBTraceObjectValPath pre, PathPredicates predicates, boolean forward);
-
 	void doDelete();
 
+	default void doDeleteAndEmit() {
+		DBTraceObject parent = getParent();
+		doDelete();
+		parent.emitEvents(new TraceChangeRecord<>(TraceObjectChangeType.VALUE_DELETED, null, this));
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	DBTraceObject getParent();
 
+	default InternalTraceObjectValue doTruncateOrDeleteAndEmitLifeChange(Range<Long> span) {
+		if (!isCanonical()) {
+			return doTruncateOrDelete(span);
+		}
+		DBTraceObject child = getChildOrNull();
+		InternalTraceObjectValue result = doTruncateOrDelete(span);
+		child.emitEvents(new TraceChangeRecord<>(TraceObjectChangeType.LIFE_CHANGED, null, child));
+		return result;
+	}
+
 	default InternalTraceObjectValue doTruncateOrDelete(Range<Long> span) {
 		List<Range<Long>> removed = DBTraceUtils.subtract(getLifespan(), span);
 		if (removed.isEmpty()) {
-			doDelete();
+			doDeleteAndEmit();
 			return null;
 		}
-		doSetLifespan(removed.get(0));
+		doSetLifespanAndEmit(removed.get(0));
 		if (removed.size() == 2) {
 			return getParent().doCreateValue(removed.get(1), getEntryKey(), getValue());
 		}

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/target/InternalTreeTraversal.java

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/* ###
+ * IP: GHIDRA
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package ghidra.trace.database.target;
+
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Range;
+
+public enum InternalTreeTraversal {
+	INSTANCE;
+
+	public enum VisitResult {
+		INCLUDE_CONTINUE,
+		INCLUDE_FINISH,
+		EXCLUDE_CONTINUE,
+		EXCLUDE_FINISH,
+		;
+
+		public static VisitResult result(boolean include, boolean cont) {
+			if (include) {
+				if (cont) {
+					return INCLUDE_CONTINUE;
+				}
+				else {
+					return INCLUDE_FINISH;
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				if (cont) {
+					return EXCLUDE_CONTINUE;
+				}
+				else {
+					return EXCLUDE_FINISH;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	public interface Visitor {
+		Range<Long> composeSpan(Range<Long> pre, InternalTraceObjectValue value);
+
+		DBTraceObjectValPath composePath(DBTraceObjectValPath pre, InternalTraceObjectValue value);
+
+		VisitResult visitValue(InternalTraceObjectValue value, DBTraceObjectValPath path);
+
+		DBTraceObject continueObject(InternalTraceObjectValue value);
+
+		Stream<? extends InternalTraceObjectValue> continueValues(DBTraceObject object,
+				Range<Long> span, DBTraceObjectValPath path);
+	}
+
+	public interface SpanIntersectingVisitor extends Visitor {
+		@Override
+		default Range<Long> composeSpan(Range<Long> pre, InternalTraceObjectValue value) {
+			Range<Long> valSpan = value.getLifespan();
+			if (!pre.isConnected(valSpan)) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			Range<Long> span = pre.intersection(valSpan);
+			if (span.isEmpty()) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			return span;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValPath> walkValue(Visitor visitor,
+			InternalTraceObjectValue value, Range<Long> span, DBTraceObjectValPath path) {
+		Range<Long> compSpan = visitor.composeSpan(span, value);
+		if (compSpan == null) {
+			return Stream.empty();
+		}
+		DBTraceObjectValPath compPath = visitor.composePath(path, value);
+		if (compPath == null) {
+			return Stream.empty();
+		}
+
+		switch (visitor.visitValue(value, compPath)) {
+			case INCLUDE_FINISH:
+				return Stream.of(compPath);
+			case EXCLUDE_FINISH:
+				return Stream.empty();
+			case INCLUDE_CONTINUE: {
+				DBTraceObject object = visitor.continueObject(value);
+				return Stream.concat(Stream.of(compPath),
+					walkObject(visitor, object, compSpan, compPath));
+			}
+			case EXCLUDE_CONTINUE: {
+				DBTraceObject object = visitor.continueObject(value);
+				return walkObject(visitor, object, compSpan, compPath);
+			}
+		}
+		throw new AssertionError();
+	}
+
+	public Stream<? extends DBTraceObjectValPath> walkObject(Visitor visitor, DBTraceObject object,
+			Range<Long> span, DBTraceObjectValPath path) {
+		return visitor.continueValues(object, span, path)
+				.flatMap(v -> walkValue(visitor, v, span, path));
+	}
+}

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/target/LifespanCorrector.java

@@ -1,222 +0,0 @@
-/* ###
- * IP: GHIDRA
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package ghidra.trace.database.target;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.Range;
-
-import ghidra.lifecycle.Experimental;
-import ghidra.trace.database.DBTraceUtils;
-import ghidra.trace.model.target.TraceObject;
-import ghidra.trace.model.target.TraceObject.ConflictResolution;
-import ghidra.trace.model.target.TraceObjectValue;
-
-@Experimental
-public class LifespanCorrector {
-	/**
-	 * A visitor for lifespan correction
-	 * 
-	 * <p>
-	 * Implementors must implement only the upward pair, or only the downward pair
-	 */
-	public interface Visitor {
-		/**
-		 * Visit an object on the upward side of traversal
-		 * 
-		 * @param object the object
-		 */
-		default void visitObjectUpward(TraceObject object) {
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * Visit an object on the downward side of traversal
-		 * 
-		 * @param object the object
-		 */
-		default void visitObjectDownward(TraceObject object) {
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * Visit a value on the upward side of traversal
-		 * 
-		 * @param value the value, guaranteed to have a child
-		 */
-		default void visitValueUpward(TraceObjectValue value) {
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * Visit a value on the downward side of traversal
-		 * 
-		 * @param value the value, guaranteed to have a child
-		 */
-		default void visitValueDownward(TraceObjectValue value) {
-		}
-	}
-
-	public enum Direction {
-		ANCESTORS {
-			@Override
-			public void visit(TraceObject seed, Visitor visitor) {
-				visitObjectAncestors(seed, visitor, UP | DOWN);
-			}
-
-		},
-		SUCCESSORS {
-			@Override
-			public void visit(TraceObject seed, Visitor visitor) {
-				visitObjectSuccessors(seed, visitor, true);
-			}
-		},
-		BOTH {
-			@Override
-			public void visit(TraceObject seed, Visitor visitor) {
-				visitObjectAncestors(seed, visitor, DOWN);
-				visitObjectSuccessors(seed, visitor, false);
-				visitObjectAncestors(seed, visitor, UP);
-			}
-		};
-
-		static final int UP = 1;
-		static final int DOWN = 2;
-
-		public abstract void visit(TraceObject seed, Visitor visitor);
-
-		void visitObjectAncestors(TraceObject object, Visitor visitor, int mode) {
-			if ((mode & UP) == UP) {
-				visitor.visitObjectUpward(object);
-			}
-			if (!object.isRoot()) {
-				for (TraceObjectValue value : object.getParents()) {
-					// Yes, over time, there may be multiple canonical values
-					if (value.isCanonical() && !value.isDeleted()) {
-						visitValueAncestors(value, visitor, mode);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			if ((mode & DOWN) == DOWN) {
-				visitor.visitObjectDownward(object);
-			}
-		}
-
-		void visitValueAncestors(TraceObjectValue value, Visitor visitor, int mode) {
-			visitor.visitValueUpward(value);
-			visitObjectAncestors(value.getParent(), visitor, mode);
-			visitor.visitValueDownward(value);
-		}
-
-		void visitObjectSuccessors(TraceObject object, Visitor visitor, boolean includeCur) {
-			if (includeCur) {
-				visitor.visitObjectDownward(object);
-			}
-			for (TraceObjectValue value : object.getValues()) {
-				if (value.isCanonical() && !value.isDeleted()) {
-					visitValueSuccessors(value, visitor);
-				}
-			}
-			if (includeCur) {
-				visitor.visitObjectUpward(object);
-			}
-		}
-
-		void visitValueSuccessors(TraceObjectValue value, Visitor visitor) {
-			if (!(value.getValue() instanceof TraceObject)) {
-				return;
-			}
-			visitor.visitValueDownward(value);
-			visitObjectSuccessors(value.getChild(), visitor, true);
-			visitor.visitValueUpward(value);
-		}
-	}
-
-	// TODO: Consider non-canonical paths?
-
-	public enum Operation {
-		EXPAND {
-			@Override
-			Visitor getVisitor(ConflictResolution resolution) {
-				return new Visitor() {
-					@Override
-					public void visitObjectUpward(TraceObject object) {
-						Range<Long> span = object.getLifespan();
-						for (TraceObjectValue value : object.getValues()) {
-							span = span.span(value.getLifespan());
-						}
-						object.setLifespan(span);
-					}
-
-					@Override
-					public void visitValueUpward(TraceObjectValue value) {
-						Range<Long> newLife =
-							value.getLifespan().span(value.getChild().getLifespan());
-						value.setLifespan(newLife, resolution);
-					}
-				};
-			}
-		},
-		SHRINK {
-			@Override
-			Visitor getVisitor(ConflictResolution resolution) {
-				return new Visitor() {
-					@Override
-					public void visitObjectDownward(TraceObject object) {
-						for (TraceObjectValue value : object.getValues()) {
-							if (!DBTraceUtils.intersect(object.getLifespan(),
-								value.getLifespan())) {
-								value.delete();
-								continue;
-							}
-							value.setLifespan(
-								value.getLifespan().intersection(object.getLifespan()), resolution);
-						}
-					}
-
-					@Override
-					public void visitValueDownward(TraceObjectValue value) {
-						/**
-						 * It'd be an odd circumstance for two canonical entries to exist for the
-						 * same parent and child. If that happens, this will cause the child to
-						 * become detached, since those entries cannot intersect.
-						 */
-						if (!DBTraceUtils.intersect(value.getLifespan(),
-							value.getChild().getLifespan())) {
-							value.getChild().delete();
-							return;
-						}
-						Range<Long> newLife =
-							value.getLifespan().intersection(value.getChild().getLifespan());
-						value.getChild().setLifespan(newLife);
-					}
-				};
-			}
-		};
-
-		abstract Visitor getVisitor(ConflictResolution resolution);
-	}
-
-	private final Direction direction;
-	private final Operation operation;
-	private final ConflictResolution resolution;
-
-	public LifespanCorrector(Direction direction, Operation operation,
-			ConflictResolution resolution) {
-		this.direction = direction;
-		this.operation = operation;
-		this.resolution = resolution;
-	}
-
-	public void correctLifespans(TraceObject seed) {
-		direction.visit(seed, operation.getVisitor(resolution));
-	}
-}

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/database/thread/DBTraceObjectThread.java

@@ -100,10 +100,15 @@ public class DBTraceObjectThread implements TraceObjectThread, DBTraceObjectInte
 			TargetObject.DISPLAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, String.class, "");
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void setName(Range<Long> lifespan, String name) {
+		object.setValue(lifespan, TargetObject.DISPLAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, name);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void setName(String name) {
 		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
-			object.setValue(getLifespan(), TargetObject.DISPLAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, name);
+			setName(computeSpan(), name);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectThread implements TraceObjectThread, DBTraceObjectInte
 
 	@Override
 	public long getCreationSnap() {
-		return object.getMinSnap();
+		return computeMinSnap();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -128,7 +133,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectThread implements TraceObjectThread, DBTraceObjectInte
 
 	@Override
 	public long getDestructionSnap() {
-		return object.getMaxSnap();
+		return computeMaxSnap();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ public class DBTraceObjectThread implements TraceObjectThread, DBTraceObjectInte
 
 	@Override
 	public Range<Long> getLifespan() {
-		return object.getLifespan();
+		return computeSpan();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -156,7 +161,9 @@ public class DBTraceObjectThread implements TraceObjectThread, DBTraceObjectInte
 
 	@Override
 	public void delete() {
-		object.deleteTree();
+		try (LockHold hold = object.getTrace().lockWrite()) {
+			object.removeTree(computeSpan());
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/Trace.java

@@ -60,24 +60,22 @@ public interface Trace extends DataTypeManagerDomainObject {
 		 * An object was created, but not yet inserted.
 		 * 
 		 * <p>
-		 * Between the {@link #CREATED} and {@link #INSERTED} events, an object is considered
+		 * Between the {@link #CREATED} event and the first {@link #LIFE_CHANGED} event, an object
-		 * "incomplete," because it is likely missing its attributes. Thus, a trace client must take
+		 * is considered "incomplete," because it is likely missing its attributes. Thus, a trace
-		 * care to ensure all attributes, especially fixed attributes, are added to the object
+		 * client must take care to ensure all attributes, especially fixed attributes, are added to
-		 * before it is inserted at its canonical path. Listeners may use
+		 * the object before it is inserted at its canonical path. Listeners may use
 		 * {@link TraceObject#getCanonicalParent(long)} to check if an object is complete for a
 		 * given snapshot.
 		 */
 		public static final TraceObjectChangeType<TraceObject, Void> CREATED =
 			new TraceObjectChangeType<>();
 		/**
-		 * An object was inserted at its canonical path.
+		 * An object's life changed.
+		 * 
+		 * <p>
+		 * One of its canonical parents was created, deleted, or had its lifespan change.
 		 */
-		public static final TraceObjectChangeType<TraceObject, TraceObjectValue> INSERTED =
+		public static final TraceObjectChangeType<TraceObject, Void> LIFE_CHANGED =
-			new TraceObjectChangeType<>();
-		/**
-		 * An object's lifespan changed.
-		 */
-		public static final TraceObjectChangeType<TraceObject, Range<Long>> LIFESPAN_CHANGED =
 			new TraceObjectChangeType<>();
 		/**
 		 * An object was deleted.
@@ -85,27 +83,20 @@ public interface Trace extends DataTypeManagerDomainObject {
 		public static final TraceObjectChangeType<TraceObject, Void> DELETED =
 			new TraceObjectChangeType<>();
 		/**
-		 * An object's value changed.
+		 * A value entry was created.
-		 * 
-		 * <p>
-		 * If the old value was equal for the entirety of the new value's lifespan, that old value
-		 * is passed as the old value. Otherwise, {@code null} is passed for the old value. If the
-		 * value was cleared, {@code null} is passed for the new value.
 		 */
-		public static final TraceObjectChangeType<TraceObjectValue, Object> VALUE_CHANGED =
+		public static final TraceObjectChangeType<TraceObjectValue, Void> VALUE_CREATED =
 			new TraceObjectChangeType<>();
 		/**
-		 * An object's value changed in lifespan.
+		 * A value entry changed in lifespan.
-		 * 
-		 * <p>
-		 * This is only called for the value on which {@link TraceObjectValue#setLifespan(Range)} or
-		 * similar is called. If other values are truncated or deleted, there is no event. Listeners
-		 * concerned about a single snap need only check if the snap is contained in the new and old
-		 * lifespans. Listeners concerned about the full timeline can refresh the parent object's
-		 * values, or compute the coalescing and truncation manually.
 		 */
 		public static final TraceObjectChangeType<TraceObjectValue, Range<Long>> //
 		VALUE_LIFESPAN_CHANGED = new TraceObjectChangeType<>();
+		/**
+		 * A value entry was deleted.
+		 */
+		public static final TraceObjectChangeType<TraceObjectValue, Void> VALUE_DELETED =
+			new TraceObjectChangeType<>();
 	}
 
 	public static final class TraceBookmarkChangeType<T, U> extends DefaultTraceChangeType<T, U> {

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/breakpoint/TraceObjectBreakpointLocation.java

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package ghidra.trace.model.breakpoint;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
+
 import com.google.common.collect.Range;
 
 import ghidra.dbg.target.TargetBreakpointLocation;
@@ -42,5 +44,13 @@ public interface TraceObjectBreakpointLocation extends TraceBreakpoint, TraceObj
 
 	void setLifespan(Range<Long> lifespan) throws DuplicateNameException;
 
-	void setRange(AddressRange range);
+	void setRange(Range<Long> lifespan, AddressRange range);
+
+	void setName(Range<Long> lifespan, String name);
+
+	void setKinds(Range<Long> lifespan, Collection<TraceBreakpointKind> kinds);
+
+	void setEnabled(Range<Long> lifespan, boolean enabled);
+
+	void setComment(Range<Long> lifespan, String comment);
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/breakpoint/TraceObjectBreakpointSpec.java

@@ -43,4 +43,6 @@ public interface TraceObjectBreakpointSpec extends TraceBreakpoint, TraceObjectI
 	void setLifespan(Range<Long> lifespan) throws DuplicateNameException;
 
 	Collection<? extends TraceObjectBreakpointLocation> getLocations();
+
+	void setKinds(Range<Long> lifespan, Collection<TraceBreakpointKind> kinds);
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/memory/TraceObjectMemoryRegion.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Range;
 
 import ghidra.dbg.target.TargetMemoryRegion;
 import ghidra.dbg.target.TargetObject;
+import ghidra.program.model.address.AddressRange;
 import ghidra.trace.model.target.TraceObjectInterface;
 import ghidra.trace.model.target.annot.TraceObjectInfo;
 
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ import ghidra.trace.model.target.annot.TraceObjectInfo;
 public interface TraceObjectMemoryRegion extends TraceMemoryRegion, TraceObjectInterface {
 	String KEY_VOLATILE = "_volatile";
 
+	void setName(Range<Long> lifespan, String name);
+
+	void setRange(Range<Long> lifespan, AddressRange range);
+
 	void setFlags(Range<Long> lifespan, Collection<TraceMemoryFlag> flags);
 
 	void addFlags(Range<Long> lifespan, Collection<TraceMemoryFlag> flags);

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/modules/TraceObjectModule.java

@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ package ghidra.trace.model.modules;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.Range;
+
 import ghidra.dbg.target.TargetModule;
 import ghidra.dbg.target.TargetObject;
+import ghidra.program.model.address.AddressRange;
 import ghidra.trace.database.module.TraceObjectSection;
 import ghidra.trace.model.target.TraceObjectInterface;
 import ghidra.trace.model.target.annot.TraceObjectInfo;
@@ -31,6 +34,11 @@ import ghidra.trace.model.target.annot.TraceObjectInfo;
 		TargetModule.RANGE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME
 	})
 public interface TraceObjectModule extends TraceModule, TraceObjectInterface {
+
+	void setName(Range<Long> lifespan, String name);
+
+	void setRange(Range<Long> lifespan, AddressRange range);
+
 	@Override
 	Collection<? extends TraceObjectSection> getSections();
 

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/stack/TraceStack.java

@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ package ghidra.trace.model.stack;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import ghidra.lifecycle.Experimental;
+import ghidra.lifecycle.Transitional;
 import ghidra.trace.model.TraceUniqueObject;
+import ghidra.trace.model.memory.TraceMemoryManager;
 import ghidra.trace.model.thread.TraceThread;
 
 /**
@@ -56,9 +59,13 @@ public interface TraceStack extends TraceUniqueObject {
 	/**
 	 * Set the depth of the stack by adding or deleting frames to or from the specified end
 	 * 
-	 * Note that pushing new frames onto a stack does not adjust the frame level of any associated
+	 * <p>
-	 * annotations. Some utility to adjust those annotations. Cannot just rename tables, since those
+	 * Note that pushing new frames onto a stack does not adjust the frame level of any
-	 * contain annotations for the given level, regardless of the particular stack.
+	 * frame-associated managers or spaces, e.g., that returned by
+	 * {@link TraceMemoryManager#getMemoryRegisterSpace(TraceThread, int, boolean)}.
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * If the experimental object mode is successful, this method should be deleted.
 	 * 
 	 * @param depth the desired depth
 	 * @param atInner true if frames should be "pushed"
@@ -78,12 +85,27 @@ public interface TraceStack extends TraceUniqueObject {
 	/**
 	 * Get all (known) frames in this stack
 	 * 
+	 * @param snap the snap (only relevant in the experimental objects mode. Ordinarily, the frames
+	 *            are fixed over the stack's lifetime)
 	 * @return the list of frames
 	 */
-	List<TraceStackFrame> getFrames();
+	List<TraceStackFrame> getFrames(@Experimental long snap);
 
 	/**
 	 * Delete this stack and its frames
 	 */
 	void delete();
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if this stack'sframes are fixed for its lifetime
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * This is a transitional method, since the experimental objects mode breaks with the normal
+	 * stack/frame model. Essentially, this returns true if the normal model is being used, and
+	 * false if the object-based model is being used.
+	 * 
+	 * @return true if fixed, false if object-based (dynamic)
+	 */
+	@Transitional
+	boolean hasFixedFrames();
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/stack/TraceStackFrame.java

@@ -17,18 +17,69 @@ package ghidra.trace.model.stack;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Range;
 
+import ghidra.lifecycle.Experimental;
 import ghidra.program.model.address.Address;
 
+/**
+ * A frame in a {@link TraceStack}
+ */
 public interface TraceStackFrame {
+	/**
+	 * Get the containing stack
+	 * 
+	 * @return the stack
+	 */
 	TraceStack getStack();
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the frame's position in the containing stack
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * 0 represents the innermost frame or top of the stack.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the frame's level
+	 */
 	int getLevel();
 
-	Address getProgramCounter(long snap);
+	/**
+	 * Get the program counter at the given snap
+	 * 
+	 * @param snap the snap (only relevant in the experimental objects mode. Ordinarily, the PC is
+	 *            fixed over the containing stack's lifetime)
+	 * @return the program counter
+	 */
+	Address getProgramCounter(@Experimental long snap);
 
-	void setProgramCounter(Range<Long> span, Address pc);
+	/**
+	 * Set the program counter over the given span
+	 * 
+	 * @param span the span (only relevant in the experimental objects mode. Ordinarily, the PC is
+	 *            fixed over the containing stack's lifetime)
+	 * @param pc the program counter
+	 */
+	void setProgramCounter(@Experimental Range<Long> span, Address pc);
 
-	String getComment();
+	/**
+	 * Get the user comment for the frame
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * In the experimental objects mode, this actually gets the comment in the listing at the
+	 * frame's program counter for the given snap.
+	 * 
+	 * @param snap the snap (only relevant in the experimental objects mode)
+	 * @return the (nullable) comment
+	 */
+	String getComment(@Experimental long snap);
 
-	void setComment(String comment);
+	/**
+	 * Set the user comment for the frame
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * In the experimental objects mode, this actually sets the comment in the listing at the
+	 * frame's program counter for the given snap.
+	 * 
+	 * @param snap the snap (only relevant in the experimental objects mode)
+	 * @param comment the (nullable) comment
+	 */
+	void setComment(@Experimental long snap, String comment);
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/target/DuplicateKeyException.java

@@ -15,7 +15,22 @@
  */
 package ghidra.trace.model.target;
 
+import ghidra.trace.model.target.TraceObject.ConflictResolution;
+
+/**
+ * Thrown when there are "duplicate keys" and the {@link ConflictResolution#DENY} strategy is passed
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * There are said to be "duplicate keys" when two value entries having the same parent and key have
+ * overlapping lifespans. Such would create the possibility of a non-uniquely-defined value for a
+ * given path, and so it is not allowed.
+ */
 public class DuplicateKeyException extends RuntimeException {
+	/**
+	 * Notify of a given conflicting key
+	 * 
+	 * @param key the key in conflict
+	 */
 	public DuplicateKeyException(String key) {
 		super(key);
 	}

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/target/TraceObject.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Range;
+import com.google.common.collect.RangeSet;
 
 import ghidra.dbg.target.TargetObject;
 import ghidra.dbg.target.schema.TargetObjectSchema;
@@ -59,33 +60,81 @@ public interface TraceObject extends TraceUniqueObject {
 	TraceObjectKeyPath getCanonicalPath();
 
 	/**
-	 * Inserts this object at its canonical path for its lifespan
+	 * Get all ranges of this object's life
 	 * 
 	 * <p>
-	 * Any ancestor which does not exist is created with the same lifespan as this object. Values
+	 * Essentially, this is the union of the lifespans of all canonical parent values
-	 * are set with the same lifespan. Only the canonical path is considered when looking for
-	 * existing ancestry. Any whose lifespan intersects that of this object is considered
-	 * "existing." If an existing ancestor is detached, this object will still become its successor,
-	 * and the resulting subtree will remain detached.
 	 * 
+	 * @return the range set for snaps at which this object is considered "inserted."
+	 */
+	RangeSet<Long> getLife();
+
+	/**
+	 * Inserts this object at its canonical path for the given lifespan
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * Any ancestor which does not exist is created. Values' lifespans are added or expanded to
+	 * contain the given lifespan. Only the canonical path is considered when looking for existing
+	 * ancestry.
+	 * 
+	 * @param the minimum lifespan of edges from the root to this object
 	 * @param resolution the rule for handling duplicate keys when setting values.
 	 */
-	void insert(ConflictResolution resolution);
+	void insert(Range<Long> lifespan, ConflictResolution resolution);
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove this object from its canonical path for the given lifespan
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * Truncate the lifespans of this object's canonical parent value by the given span. If the
+	 * parent value's lifespan is contained in the given span, the parent value will be deleted.
+	 * 
+	 * @param span the span during which this object should be removed
+	 */
+	void remove(Range<Long> span);
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove this object and its successors from their canonical paths for the given span
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * Truncate the lifespans of this object's canonical parent value and all canonical values
+	 * succeeding this object. If a truncated value's lifespan is contained in the given span, the
+	 * value will be deleted.
+	 * 
+	 * @param span the span during which this object and its canonical successors should be removed
+	 */
+	void removeTree(Range<Long> span);
 
 	/**
 	 * Get the parent value along this object's canonical path for a given snapshot
 	 * 
 	 * <p>
 	 * To be the canonical parent value at a given snapshot, three things must be true: 1) The
-	 * parent object must have this object's path with the last key removed. 2) The parent value's
+	 * parent object must have this object's path with the final key removed. 2) The parent value's
 	 * entry key must be equal to the final key of this object's path. 3) The value's lifespan must
-	 * contain the given snapshot. If no value satisfies these, null is returned.
+	 * contain the given snapshot. If no value satisfies these, null is returned, and the object and
+	 * its subtree are said to be "detached" at the given snapshot.
 	 * 
 	 * @param snap the snapshot key
 	 * @return the canonical parent value, or null
 	 */
 	TraceObjectValue getCanonicalParent(long snap);
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the parent values along this object's canonical path for a given lifespan
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * To be a canonical parent in a given lifespan, three things must be true: 1) The parent object
+	 * must have this object's path with the final key removed. 2) The parent value's entry key must
+	 * be equal to the final key of this object's path. 3) The value's lifespan must intersect the
+	 * given lifespan. If the result is empty, the object and its subtree are said to be "detatched"
+	 * during the given lifespan.
+	 * 
+	 * @param lifespan the lifespan to consider
+	 * @return the stream of canonical parents
+	 */
+	Stream<? extends TraceObjectValue> getCanonicalParents(Range<Long> lifespan);
+
 	/**
 	 * Check if this object is the root
 	 * 
@@ -99,7 +148,7 @@ public interface TraceObject extends TraceUniqueObject {
 	 * @param span the span which every value entry on each path must intersect
 	 * @return the paths
 	 */
-	Stream<TraceObjectValPath> getAllPaths(Range<Long> span);
+	Stream<? extends TraceObjectValPath> getAllPaths(Range<Long> span);
 
 	/**
 	 * Specifies a strategy for resolving duplicate keys
@@ -116,61 +165,12 @@ public interface TraceObject extends TraceUniqueObject {
 		 */
 		TRUNCATE,
 		/**
-		 * Throw an exception if the specified lifespan would result in conflicting entries
+		 * Throw {@link DuplicateKeyException} if the specified lifespan would result in conflicting
+		 * entries
 		 */
 		DENY;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Set the lifespan of this object
-	 * 
-	 * <p>
-	 * NOTE: Objects with intersecting lifespans are not checked for duplicate canonical paths.
-	 * However, their parent value entries are checked for conflicts. Thus, at any snap, it is
-	 * impossible for any two objects with equal canonical paths to both exist at their canonical
-	 * locations.
-	 * 
-	 * @param lifespan the new lifespan
-	 */
-	void setLifespan(Range<Long> lifespan);
-
-	/**
-	 * Get the lifespan of this object
-	 * 
-	 * @return the lifespan
-	 */
-	Range<Long> getLifespan();
-
-	/**
-	 * Set the minimum snap of this object
-	 * 
-	 * @see #setLifespan(Range)
-	 * @param minSnap the minimum snap, or {@link Long#MIN_VALUE} for "since the beginning of time"
-	 */
-	void setMinSnap(long minSnap);
-
-	/**
-	 * Get the minimum snap of this object
-	 * 
-	 * @return the minimum snap, or {@link Long#MIN_VALUE} for "since the beginning of time"
-	 */
-	long getMinSnap();
-
-	/**
-	 * Set the maximum snap of this object
-	 * 
-	 * @see #setLifespan(Range)
-	 * @param maxSnap the maximum snap, or {@link Long#MAX_VALUE} for "to the end of time"
-	 */
-	void setMaxSnap(long maxSnap);
-
-	/**
-	 * Get the maximum snap of this object
-	 * 
-	 * @return the maximum snap, or {@link Long#MAX_VALUE} for "to the end of time"
-	 */
-	long getMaxSnap();
-
 	/**
 	 * Get all the interface classes provided by this object, according to the schema
 	 * 
@@ -314,8 +314,9 @@ public interface TraceObject extends TraceUniqueObject {
 	 * @param lifespan the lifespan of the value
 	 * @param key the key to set
 	 * @param value the new value
-	 * @param resolution determines how to resolve conflicting keys with intersecting lifespans
+	 * @param resolution determines how to resolve duplicate keys with intersecting lifespans
 	 * @return the created value entry
+	 * @throws DuplicateKeyException if there are denied duplicate keys
 	 */
 	TraceObjectValue setValue(Range<Long> lifespan, String key, Object value,
 			ConflictResolution resolution);
@@ -407,11 +408,10 @@ public interface TraceObject extends TraceUniqueObject {
 	 * <p>
 	 * The object may not yet be inserted at its canonical path
 	 * 
-	 * @param span the span which the found objects must intersect
 	 * @param targetIf the interface class
 	 * @return the stream of objects
 	 */
-	Stream<? extends TraceObject> queryCanonicalAncestorsTargetInterface(Range<Long> span,
+	Stream<? extends TraceObject> queryCanonicalAncestorsTargetInterface(
 			Class<? extends TargetObject> targetIf);
 
 	/**
@@ -421,13 +421,18 @@ public interface TraceObject extends TraceUniqueObject {
 	 * The object may not yet be inserted at its canonical path
 	 * 
 	 * @param <I> the interface type
-	 * @param span the span which the found objects must intersect
 	 * @param ifClass the interface class
 	 * @return the stream of interfaces
 	 */
-	<I extends TraceObjectInterface> Stream<I> queryCanonicalAncestorsInterface(
+	<I extends TraceObjectInterface> Stream<I> queryCanonicalAncestorsInterface(Class<I> ifClass);
-			Range<Long> span, Class<I> ifClass);
 
+	/**
+	 * Search for successors providing the given target interface
+	 * 
+	 * @param span the span which the found paths must intersect
+	 * @param targetIf the target interface class
+	 * @return the stream of found paths to values
+	 */
 	Stream<? extends TraceObjectValPath> querySuccessorsTargetInterface(Range<Long> span,
 			Class<? extends TargetObject> targetIf);
 
@@ -446,22 +451,14 @@ public interface TraceObject extends TraceUniqueObject {
 	 * Delete this object along with parent and child value entries referring to it
 	 * 
 	 * <p>
-	 * Note, this does not delete the children or any successors. Use {@link #deleteTree()} to
+	 * <b>Warning:</b> This will remove the object from the manager <em>entirely</em>, not just over
-	 * delete an entire subtree, regardless of lifespan. It is not recommended to invoke this on the
+	 * a given span. In general, this is used for cleaning and maintenance. Consider
-	 * root object, since it cannot be replaced without first clearing the manager.
+	 * {@link #remove(Range)} or {@link TraceObjectValue#delete()} instead. Note, this does not
+	 * delete the child objects or any successors. It is not recommended to invoke this on the root
+	 * object, since it cannot be replaced without first clearing the manager.
 	 */
 	void delete();
 
-	/**
-	 * Delete this object and its successors along with value entries referring to any
-	 * 
-	 * <p>
-	 * It is not recommended to invoke this on the root object. Instead, use
-	 * {@link TraceObjectManager#clear()}. The root object cannot be replaced without first clearing
-	 * the manager.
-	 */
-	void deleteTree();
-
 	/**
 	 * Check if this object has been deleted
 	 * 
@@ -469,21 +466,4 @@ public interface TraceObject extends TraceUniqueObject {
 	 */
 	@Override
 	boolean isDeleted();
-
-	/**
-	 * Modify the lifespan or delete this object, such that it no longer intersects the given span.
-	 * 
-	 * <p>
-	 * If the given span and the current lifespan are already disjoint, this does nothing. If the
-	 * given span splits the current lifespan in two, an exception is thrown. This is because the
-	 * two resulting objects ought to be identical, but they cannot be. Instead the one object
-	 * should remain alive, and the edge(s) pointing to it should be truncated. In other words, a
-	 * single object cannot vanish and then later re-appear, but it can be unlinked and then later
-	 * become relinked.
-	 * 
-	 * @param span the span to clear
-	 * @return this if the one object remains, null if the object is deleted.
-	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given span splits the current lifespan in two
-	 */
-	TraceObject truncateOrDelete(Range<Long> span);
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/target/TraceObjectInterface.java

@@ -15,6 +15,46 @@
  */
 package ghidra.trace.model.target;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.Range;
+import com.google.common.collect.RangeSet;
+
+import ghidra.lifecycle.Transitional;
+import ghidra.trace.database.DBTraceUtils;
+import ghidra.trace.model.thread.TraceObjectThread;
+
+/**
+ * A common interface for object-based implementations of other trace manager entries, e.g.,
+ * {@link TraceObjectThread}.
+ */
 public interface TraceObjectInterface {
+	/**
+	 * Get the object backing this implementation
+	 * 
+	 * @return the object
+	 */
 	TraceObject getObject();
+
+	/**
+	 * Compute the lifespan of this object
+	 * 
+	 * @return the span of all lifespans
+	 */
+	@Transitional
+	default Range<Long> computeSpan() {
+		RangeSet<Long> life = getObject().getLife();
+		if (life.isEmpty()) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return life.span();
+	}
+
+	@Transitional
+	default long computeMinSnap() {
+		return DBTraceUtils.lowerEndpoint(computeSpan());
+	}
+
+	@Transitional
+	default long computeMaxSnap() {
+		return DBTraceUtils.upperEndpoint(computeSpan());
+	}
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/target/TraceObjectKeyPath.java

@@ -16,20 +16,48 @@
 package ghidra.trace.model.target;
 
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import ghidra.dbg.util.PathPredicates;
 import ghidra.dbg.util.PathUtils;
 import ghidra.dbg.util.PathUtils.PathComparator;
 
+/**
+ * An immutable path of keys leading from one object object to another
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * Often, the source is the root. These are often taken as a parameter when searching for values. In
+ * essence, they simply wrap a list of string keys, but it provides convenience methods, sensible
+ * comparison, and better typing.
+ */
 public final class TraceObjectKeyPath implements Comparable<TraceObjectKeyPath> {
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a path from the given list of keys
+	 * 
+	 * @param keyList the list of keys from source to destination
+	 * @return the path
+	 */
 	public static TraceObjectKeyPath of(List<String> keyList) {
 		return new TraceObjectKeyPath(List.copyOf(keyList));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a path from the given keys
+	 * 
+	 * @param keys the keys from source to destination
+	 * @return the path
+	 */
 	public static TraceObjectKeyPath of(String... keys) {
 		return new TraceObjectKeyPath(List.of(keys));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Parse a path from the given string
+	 * 
+	 * @param path the dot-separated keys from source to destinattion
+	 * @return the path
+	 */
 	public static TraceObjectKeyPath parse(String path) {
 		return new TraceObjectKeyPath(PathUtils.parse(path));
 	}
@@ -67,30 +95,82 @@ public final class TraceObjectKeyPath implements Comparable<TraceObjectKeyPath>
 		return this.keyList.equals(that.keyList);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the (immutable) list of keys from source to destination
+	 * 
+	 * @return the key list
+	 */
 	public List<String> getKeyList() {
 		return keyList;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Assuming the source is the root, check if this path refers to that root
+	 * 
+	 * @return true if the path is empty, false otherwise
+	 */
 	public boolean isRoot() {
 		return keyList.isEmpty();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new path by appending the given key
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * For example, if this path is "{@code Processes[2]}" and {@code name} takes the value
+	 * "{@code Threads}", the result will be "{@code Processes[2].Threads}".
+	 * 
+	 * @param name the new final key
+	 * @return the resulting path
+	 */
 	public TraceObjectKeyPath key(String name) {
 		return new TraceObjectKeyPath(PathUtils.extend(keyList, name));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the final key of this path
+	 * 
+	 * @return the final key
+	 */
 	public String key() {
 		return PathUtils.getKey(keyList);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new path by appending the given element index
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * For example, if this path is "{@code Processes}" and {@code index} takes the value 2, the
+	 * result will be "{@code Processes[2]}".
+	 * 
+	 * @param index the new final index
+	 * @return the resulting path
+	 */
 	public TraceObjectKeyPath index(long index) {
 		return index(PathUtils.makeIndex(index));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new path by appending the given element index
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * This does the same as {@link #key(String)} but uses brackets instead. For example, if this
+	 * path is "{@code Processes[2].Threads[0].Registers}" and {@code index} takes the value
+	 * "{@code RAX}", the result will be "{@code Processes[2].Threads[0].Registers[RAX]"}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param index the new final index
+	 * @return the resulting path
+	 */
 	public TraceObjectKeyPath index(String index) {
 		return new TraceObjectKeyPath(PathUtils.index(keyList, index));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the final index of this path
+	 * 
+	 * @return the final index
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the final key is not an index, i.e., in brackets
+	 */
 	public String index() {
 		return PathUtils.getIndex(keyList);
 	}
@@ -100,16 +180,54 @@ public final class TraceObjectKeyPath implements Comparable<TraceObjectKeyPath>
 		return PathUtils.toString(keyList);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new path by removing the final key
+	 * 
+	 * @return the resulting path, or null if this path is empty
+	 */
 	public TraceObjectKeyPath parent() {
 		List<String> pkl = PathUtils.parent(keyList);
 		return pkl == null ? null : new TraceObjectKeyPath(pkl);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new path by appending the given list of keys
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * For example, if this path is "{@code Processes[2]}" and {@code subKeyList} takes the value
+	 * {@code List.of("Threads", "[0]")}, the result will be "{@code Processes[2].Threads[0]}".
+	 * 
+	 * @param subKeyList the list of keys to append
+	 * @return the resulting path
+	 */
 	public TraceObjectKeyPath extend(List<String> subKeyList) {
 		return new TraceObjectKeyPath(PathUtils.extend(keyList, subKeyList));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new path by appending the given keys
+	 * 
+	 * @see #extend(List)
+	 * @param subKeyList the keys to append
+	 * @return the resulting path
+	 */
 	public TraceObjectKeyPath extend(String... subKeyList) {
 		return extend(Arrays.asList(subKeyList));
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Stream, starting with the longer paths, paths that match the given predicates
+	 * 
+	 * @param matcher
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public Stream<TraceObjectKeyPath> streamMatchingAncestry(PathPredicates predicates) {
+		if (!predicates.ancestorMatches(keyList, false)) {
+			return Stream.of();
+		}
+		if (predicates.matches(keyList)) {
+			return Stream.concat(Stream.of(this), parent().streamMatchingAncestry(predicates));
+		}
+		return parent().streamMatchingAncestry(predicates);
+	}
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/target/TraceObjectManager.java

@@ -53,13 +53,12 @@ public interface TraceObjectManager {
 	TraceObjectValue createRootObject(TargetObjectSchema schema);
 
 	/**
-	 * Create an object with the given canonical path having the given lifespan
+	 * Create (or get) an object with the given canonical path
 	 * 
 	 * @param path the object's canonical path
-	 * @param lifespan the initial lifespan
 	 * @return the new object
 	 */
-	TraceObject createObject(TraceObjectKeyPath path, Range<Long> lifespan);
+	TraceObject createObject(TraceObjectKeyPath path);
 
 	/**
 	 * Get the schema of the root object
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ public interface TraceObjectManager {
 	 * @param path the canonical path of the desired objects
 	 * @return the collection of objects
 	 */
-	Collection<? extends TraceObject> getObjectsByCanonicalPath(TraceObjectKeyPath path);
+	TraceObject getObjectByCanonicalPath(TraceObjectKeyPath path);
 
 	/**
 	 * Get objects in the database having the given path intersecting the given span
@@ -129,6 +128,13 @@ public interface TraceObjectManager {
 	 */
 	Collection<? extends TraceObject> getAllObjects();
 
+	/**
+	 * Get all the values (edges) in the database
+	 * 
+	 * @return the collect of all values
+	 */
+	Collection<? extends TraceObjectValue> getAllValues();
+
 	/**
 	 * Get all address-ranged values intersecting the given span and address range
 	 * 
@@ -150,6 +156,15 @@ public interface TraceObjectManager {
 	<I extends TraceObjectInterface> Stream<I> queryAllInterface(Range<Long> span,
 			Class<I> ifClass);
 
+	/**
+	 * For maintenance, remove all disconnected objects
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * An object is disconnected if it is neither the child nor parent of any value for any span. In
+	 * other words, it's unused.
+	 */
+	void cullDisconnectedObjects();
+
 	/**
 	 * Delete the <em>entire object model</em>, including the schema
 	 * 

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/target/TraceObjectValPath.java

@@ -17,20 +17,100 @@ package ghidra.trace.model.target;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import ghidra.dbg.util.PathPredicates;
+
+/**
+ * A path of values leading from one object to another
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * Often, the source object is the root. These are often returned in streams where the search
+ * involves a desired "span." The path satisfies that requirement, i.e., "the path intersects the
+ * span" if the cumulative intersection of all values' lifespans along the path and the given span
+ * is non-empty. Paths may also be empty, implying the source is the destination. Empty paths
+ * "intersect" any given span.
+ */
 public interface TraceObjectValPath extends Comparable<TraceObjectValPath> {
+	/**
+	 * Get the values in the path, ordered from source to destination
+	 * 
+	 * @return the list of value entries
+	 */
 	List<? extends TraceObjectValue> getEntryList();
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the keys in the path, ordered from source to destination
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * The returned list is suited for testing with {@link PathPredicates} or other
+	 * path-manipulation methods.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the list of keys
+	 */
 	List<String> getKeyList();
 
+	/**
+	 * Check if a given value appears on this path
+	 * 
+	 * @param entry the value entry to check
+	 * @return true if it appears on the path, false otherwise
+	 */
 	boolean contains(TraceObjectValue entry);
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the first entry, i.e., the one adjacent to the source object
+	 * 
+	 * @return the entry, or null if the path is empty
+	 */
 	TraceObjectValue getFirstEntry();
 
-	TraceObject getFirstParent(TraceObject ifEmpty);
+	/**
+	 * Get the source object
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * This returns the parent object of the first entry of the path, unless the path is empty. If
+	 * the path is empty, then this returns the value passed in {@code ifEmpty}, which is presumably
+	 * the destination object.
+	 * 
+	 * @param ifEmpty the object to return when this path is empty
+	 * @return the source object
+	 */
+	TraceObject getSource(TraceObject ifEmpty);
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the last entry, i.e., the one adjacent to the destination object
+	 * 
+	 * @return the entry, or null if the path is empty
+	 */
 	TraceObjectValue getLastEntry();
 
-	Object getLastValue(Object ifEmpty);
+	/**
+	 * Get the destination value
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * This returns the value of the last entry of the path, unless the path is empty. If the path
+	 * is empty, then this returns the object passed in {@code ifEmpty}, which is presumably the
+	 * source object. Note that values may be a primitive, so the destination is not always an
+	 * object, i.e., {@link TraceObject}. Use {@link #getDestination(TraceObject)} to assume the
+	 * destination is an object.
+	 * 
+	 * @param ifEmpty the value to return when the path is empty
+	 * @return the destination value
+	 */
+	Object getDestinationValue(Object ifEmpty);
 
-	TraceObject getLastChild(TraceObject ifEmpty);
+	/**
+	 * Get the destination object
+	 * 
+	 * <p>
+	 * This returns the child object of the last entry of the path, unless the path is empty. If the
+	 * path is empty, then this returns the object passed in {@code ifEmpty}, which is presumably
+	 * the source object. Note that values may be primitive, so the destination is not always an
+	 * object, i.e., {@link TraceObject}. Use {@link #getDestinationValue(Object)} when it is not
+	 * safe to assume the destination is an object.
+	 * 
+	 * @param ifEmpty the object to return when the path is empty
+	 * @return the destination object
+	 * @throws ClassCastException if the destination value is not an object
+	 */
+	TraceObject getDestination(TraceObject ifEmpty);
 }

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/target/TraceObjectValue.java

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public interface TraceObjectValue {
 	 * 
 	 * @param lifespan the new lifespan
 	 * @param resolution specifies how to resolve duplicate keys with intersecting lifespans
+	 * @throws DuplicateKeyException if there are denied duplicate keys
 	 */
 	void setLifespan(Range<Long> span, ConflictResolution resolution);
 
@@ -133,17 +134,9 @@ public interface TraceObjectValue {
 
 	/**
 	 * Delete this entry
-	 * 
-	 * <p>
-	 * If this entry is part of the child object's canonical path, then the child is also deleted.
 	 */
 	void delete();
 
-	/**
-	 * Delete this entry and, if it is canonical, its successors
-	 */
-	void deleteTree();
-
 	/**
 	 * Check if this value entry has been deleted
 	 * 

Ghidra/Debug/Framework-TraceModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/trace/model/target/annot/TraceObjectInterfaceUtils.java

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import com.google.common.collect.Range;
 
 import ghidra.dbg.target.TargetObject;
-import ghidra.program.model.address.*;
+import ghidra.trace.database.DBTraceUtils;
 import ghidra.trace.model.target.*;
 import ghidra.trace.model.target.TraceObject.ConflictResolution;
 import ghidra.util.LockHold;
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ public enum TraceObjectInterfaceUtils {
 			throw new DuplicateNameException(
 				"Duplicate " + getShortName(traceIf) + ": " + e.getMessage());
 		}
-		object.setLifespan(lifespan);
+		object.insert(lifespan, ConflictResolution.TRUNCATE);
-		long lower = object.getMinSnap();
+		long lower = DBTraceUtils.lowerEndpoint(lifespan);
 		for (String key : getFixedKeys(traceIf)) {
 			TraceObjectValue val = object.getValue(lower, key);
 			if (val != null) {