org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/debug/ui/heapwalking/JavaWatchExpressionFilter.java

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package org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.heapwalking;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
import org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugException;
import org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IVariable;
import org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.views.variables.IndexedVariablePartition;
import org.eclipse.debug.ui.actions.IWatchExpressionFactoryAdapterExtension;
import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.core.logicalstructures.JDIPlaceholderVariable;
import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.core.model.JDIReferenceListEntryVariable;
import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.core.model.JDIReferenceListVariable;

/**
 * Uses the <code>IWatchExpressionFactoryAdapterExtension</code> to filter when the watch expression
 * action is available based on the variable selected.
 * 
 * Currently removes the action from <code>JDIPlaceholderVariable</code>s, <code>JDIReferenceListVariable</code>s and
 * <code>IndexedVariablePartition</code>s.
 * 
 * @since 3.3
 */
public class JavaWatchExpressionFilter implements IWatchExpressionFactoryAdapterExtension {

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.debug.ui.actions.IWatchExpressionFactoryAdapterExtension#canCreateWatchExpression(org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IVariable)
	 */
	public boolean canCreateWatchExpression(IVariable variable) {
		if (variable instanceof JDIReferenceListVariable || variable instanceof JDIReferenceListEntryVariable){
			return false;
		}
		if(variable instanceof IndexedVariablePartition) {
			return false;
		}
		try{
			if (variable.getValue() instanceof JDIPlaceholderVariable){
				return false;
			}
		} catch (DebugException e) {}
		return true;
	}

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see org.eclipse.debug.ui.actions.IWatchExpressionFactoryAdapter#createWatchExpression(org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IVariable)
	 */
	public String createWatchExpression(IVariable variable)
			throws CoreException {
		return variable.getName();
	}

}