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| <h1> Step Filtering Preferences </h1> |
| <p> The following preferences can be set using the <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui.JavaStepFilterPreferencePage)")'> <img src="../PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.png" alt="Opens the Step Filtering preference page"> <b>Java > Debug > Step Filtering</b></a> preference page.</p> |
| <p>These preferences are used to configure step filters and step filtering options. </p> |
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| <th rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <p> Option </p></th> |
| <th rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <p> Description </p></th> |
| <th rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <p> Default </p></th> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Use step filters </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">This option controls is step filtering should be enabled or not. See also the step <a href="../../../../reference/views/debug/ref-usestepfilters.htm">filtering command</a> in the <a href="../../../../reference/views/debug/ref-debug_view.htm"><strong>Debug View</strong> </a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">On</td> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Defined step filters </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">This is a listing of all of the defined step filters (the listing itself) and whether the step filters are in use or not (the checked state of step filter) </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Add Filter button </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Used to add a new step filter that is based on a regular expression </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Add Class button </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Used to add a new Java class to the listing of step filters </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Add Packages button </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Used to add new Java packages to the listing of step filters </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Remove button </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Used to remove the selected step filter(s) </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Select All button </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Used to set all defined step filters as enabled (or checked) </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Deselect All button </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Used to set all defined step filters as disabled (or unchecked) </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Filter synthetic methods </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">This option controls if synthetic method should always be filtered or not while stepping. This option requires that the VM used support synthetic methods </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Off</td> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Filter static initializers </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">This option controls if static initializers should always be filtered or not while stepping </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Off</td> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Filter constructors </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">This option controls if constructors should always be filtered or not while stepping </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Off</td> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Step through filters </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><p>This option controls step filters to always return from |
| a filtered location or step through to a non-filtered location. </p> |
| <p>For |
| example, if <code>java.util</code> is a filtered location, stepping |
| into code in <code>HashMap</code> could result in a call-back to your |
| application code to check the equality of an object. If you choose to <strong>Step through filters</strong> a step into would end up in your |
| application code. However, when the <strong>Step through filters</strong> option is disabled, a step into <code>HashMap</code> would behave like |
| a step over.</p></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">On</td> |
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