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ewok
ewok

Reputation: 21453

How can I set a breakpoint for when variable changes in Eclipse?

Is there a way, using the eclipse debugger, to break any time a particular variable is written to?

The only thing I can think of is to manually set a breakpoint at every reference but my codebase is several million lines and I really don't want to do that.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 9262

Answers (1)

M A
M A

Reputation: 72854

You can set a watchpoint at the desired variable. Simply click on the line where the variable is declared, and select Run -> Toggle Watchpoint.

The watchpoint can break on either accessing the variable, modifying the variable, or both.

Upvotes: 6

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