org.netbeans.api.debugger.jpda

Interface JPDAWatch

All Superinterfaces:

MutableVariable, Variable

public interface JPDAWatch
extends MutableVariable

Represents watch in JPDA debugger.

 It's strongly recommended
 not to implement this interface in client code. New methods can be added to
 this interface at any time to keep up with the JDI functionality.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getExceptionDescription() Returns description of problem is this watch can not be evaluated in current context.
String	getExpression() Watched expression.
String	getToStringValue() Calls Object.toString() in debugged JVM and returns its value.
String	getType() Declared type of this local.
String	getValue() Text representation of current value of this local.
void	remove() Remove the watch from the list of all watches in the system.
void	setExpression(String expression) Sets watched expression.
void	setValue(String value) Sets value of this local represented as text.

Methods inherited from interface org.netbeans.api.debugger.jpda.MutableVariable

setFromMirrorObject

Methods inherited from interface org.netbeans.api.debugger.jpda.Variable

createMirrorObject

Method Detail

getExpression

String getExpression()

Watched expression.

Returns:

watched expression

setExpression

void setExpression(String expression)

Sets watched expression.

Parameters:

expression - a expression to be watched

remove

void remove()

Remove the watch from the list of all watches in the system.

getType

String getType()

Declared type of this local.

Specified by:

getType in interface Variable

Returns:

declared type of this local

getValue

String getValue()

Text representation of current value of this local.

Specified by:

getValue in interface Variable

Returns:

text representation of current value of this local

getExceptionDescription

String getExceptionDescription()

Returns description of problem is this watch can not be evaluated in current context.

Returns:

description of problem

setValue

void setValue(String value)
       throws InvalidExpressionException

Sets value of this local represented as text.

Specified by:

setValue in interface MutableVariable

Parameters:

value - a new value of this variable represented as text

Throws:

InvalidExpressionException - if the expression is not correct

getToStringValue

String getToStringValue()
                 throws InvalidExpressionException

Calls Object.toString() in debugged JVM and returns its value.

Returns:

toString () value of this instance

Throws:

InvalidExpressionException