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Aaron Fi
Aaron Fi

Reputation: 10396

In eclipse, while debugging, how do I access the interactive-top-level (a.ka. the "display console")?

In most programming languages I've used, when debugging, when I hit a breakpoint, I have the ability to execute arbitrary code (whatever I type into the console after the breakpoint has been hit).

How do I do this in Eclipse? The debugging mode has, by default, a display console, but no interactive console (into which I can input Java code for immediate execution)

Upvotes: 61

Views: 29894

Answers (2)

Jonathan Holloway
Jonathan Holloway

Reputation: 63672

You can use the Display view to execute arbitrary code, access it via:

window->Show View->Display

then type the code you want to execute (you can use CTRL+SPACE for autocomplete).

to execute the code, select it then:

CTRL+SHIFT+D

That should execute the code based on the breakpoint you've hit.

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Note: As of 2018, Display View has been renamed to Debug Shell View.

Upvotes: 90

digitalbreed
digitalbreed

Reputation: 4070

Eclipse has it indeed. Window->Show View->Interactive Console. Note that you can also execute expressions in the Watch view (e.g. result=false, exception.printStackTrace() etc.).

Upvotes: 2

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