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* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.debug.core;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
/**
* A method entry breakpoint suspends execution on the first
* executable line of a method when entered. Entry breakpoints
* are only installable in methods that have executable code (i.e.
* do not work in native methods).
* <p>
* This breakpoint provides a subset of the function provided by
* <code>IJavaMethodBreakpoint</code> - i.e. break on enter. The
* implementation of this breakpoint is more efficient than the
* general method breakpoint, as the implementation is based on line
* breakpoints and does not require method enter/exit tracing in the
* target VM.
* </p>
* <p>
* Clients are not intended to implement this interface.
* </p>
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface IJavaMethodEntryBreakpoint extends IJavaLineBreakpoint {
/**
* Returns the name of the method this breakpoint suspends
* execution in.
*
* @return the name of the method this breakpoint suspends
* execution in
* @exception CoreException if unable to access the property from
* this breakpoint's underlying marker
*/
public String getMethodName() throws CoreException;
/**
* Returns the signature of the method this breakpoint suspends
* execution in.
*
* @return the signature of the method this breakpoint suspends
* execution in
* @exception CoreException if unable to access the property from
* this breakpoint's underlying marker
*/
public String getMethodSignature() throws CoreException;
}