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| <h1> Expressions View </h1> |
| <p> Data can be inspected in the <strong>Expressions View</strong>. You can inspect data from a |
| scrapbook page, a stack frame of a suspended thread, and other places. The Expressions |
| View opens automatically when an item is added to the view. Entries in the Expressions View can be selected to have more detailed information be displayed in the <a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-detailpane.htm"><strong>Detail Pane</strong></a>. When debugging a Java program, data that contains variables can be expanded to show the variables and the fields the variables contain.</p> |
| <p>The Expressions View. The <a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-detailpane.htm">Detail Pane</a> is the area at the bottom of the view displaying text..</p> |
| <p><img src="../../../reference/views/expressions/images/ref-expressions_view.PNG" alt="Expressions View"></p> |
| <p>There are many commands available in the Expressions View:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-viewdisplaycommands.htm"><strong>View Display Commands</strong></a> affect what data and variables are displayed and how they are presented.</li> |
| <li>The <a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-detailpane.htm"><strong>Detail Pane</strong></a> has many commands available by right clicking on it.</li> |
| <li><a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-viewlayoutcommands.htm"><strong>View Layout Commands</strong></a> affect how the detail pane is oriented.</li> |
| <li>Other commands are listed below. </li> |
| </ul> |
| <table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> |
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| Variables View Commands |
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| <thead> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../../../images/org.eclipse.debug.ui/elcl16/monitorexpression_tsk.png" alt="Add Watch Expression"></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/expressions/ref-addwatch.htm"><strong>Add Watch Expression</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Allows you to add a watch expression.</td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../../../images/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/elcl16/all_instances.png" alt="All References"></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-allinstances.htm"><strong>All Instances</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Opens a popup dialog displaying a list of all instances of the selected Java type. Your Java virtual machine must support instance retrieval. </td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../../../images/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/elcl16/all_references.png" alt="All References"></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-allreferences.htm"><strong>All References</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Opens a popup dialog displaying a list of all Java objects that have references to the selected variable. Your Java virtual machine must support reference retrieval. </td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
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| </thead> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../../../images/org.eclipse.debug.ui/elcl16/changevariablevalue_co.png" alt="Change Value"></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-changevarvalue.htm"><strong>Change Value...</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Allows you to change the value for the underlying selected variable.</td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../../../images/org.eclipse.debug.ui/elcl16/collapseall.png" alt="Collapse All"></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-collapseall.htm"><strong>Collapse All</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Collapses all the currently expanded variables.</td> |
| <td>View action </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../../../images/org.eclipse.debug.ui/elcl16/copy_edit_co.png" alt="Copy Expressions"></td> |
| <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><p><a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-copy.htm"><strong>Copy Expressions </strong></a></p></td> |
| <td rowspan="1" colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><p> Copies the selected expressions and variables to the system clipboard.</p></td> |
| <td>Context menu</td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/expressions/ref-convert.htm"><strong>Convert to Watch Expression</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Converts the selected inspect expression to a corresponding watch expression.</td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/expressions/ref-disable.htm"><strong>Disable</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Disables a currently enabled expression.</td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/expressions/ref-edit.htm"><strong>Edit Watch Expression</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Allows you to edit the currently selected expression.</td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/expressions/ref-enable.htm"><strong>Enable</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Enables a currently disabled expression.</td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-find.htm"><strong>Find...</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Opens the search dialog to find elements in the variables view.</td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../../../images/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/obj16/insp_sbook.png" alt="Inspect"></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-inspectvariable.htm"><strong>Inspect</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Creates a new inspect expression for the selected variable and adds it to the view.</td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Instance Breakpoints...</td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Allows you to filter existing breakpoints to the selected variable instance.</td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-preferences.htm"><strong>Java Preferences...</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Opens several preference pages containing options that affect the view. </td> |
| <td>View action </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">New Detail Formatter...</td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Allows you to create your own detail formatter for that type of variable.</td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Open Actual Type </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Opens the actual type of the selected variable.</td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Open Actual Type Hierarchy </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Opens the actual type hierarchy for the actual type of the selected variable. </td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Open Declared Type </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Opens the declared type for the selected variable in a new editor. </td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Open Declared Type Hierarchy </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left">Opens the type hierarchy for the declared type of the selected variable. </td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/expressions/ref-reevaluate.htm"><strong>Reevaluate Expression</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Reevaluates the currently selected expression.</td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../../../images/org.eclipse.debug.ui/elcl16/rem_co.png" alt="remove Selected Expression(s)"></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/expressions/ref-remove.htm"><strong>Remove</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Removes the currently selected expression(s) from the view.</td> |
| <td>Context menu and view action </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../../../images/org.eclipse.debug.ui/elcl16/rem_all_co.png" alt="Remove All"></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/expressions/ref-removeall.htm"><strong>Remove All</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Removes all of the expressions from the view. </td> |
| <td>Context menu and view action </td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-selectall.htm"><strong>Select All</strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Selects all of the variables in the view.</td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Show Logical Structure </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Allows you to select a formatter for showing the selected logical structure type variable. </td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" > Edit Logical Structure </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Opens preference page to edit logical structures. </td> |
| <td>Sub Context menu</td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"> </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Show Details As... </td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" >Allows you to select a different detail pane for showing detailed information about selected variables. </td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left"><img src="../../../images/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/obj16/readwrite_obj.png" alt="Toggle Watchpoint"></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" ><a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-togglewp.htm"><strong>Toggle Watchpoint </strong></a></td> |
| <td colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" > Creates a new watchpoint on the currently selected field or removes the watchpoint if one already exists. </td> |
| <td>Context menu </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../../../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts" > </p> |
| <p> <a href="../../../concepts/concept-java-views.htm">Java views</a><br> |
| <a href="../../../concepts/concept-java-perspective.htm">Java perspectives</a><br> |
| <a href="../../../concepts/cscrapbook.htm">Scrapbook</a> </p> |
| <p> <img border="0" src="../../../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" > </p> |
| <p> <a href="../../../tasks/task-evaluating_expressions.htm">Evaluating expressions</a><br> |
| <a href="../../../tasks/task-suspending_threads.htm">Suspending threads</a> </p> |
| <p> <img border="0" src="../../../images/ngrelr.png" alt="Related reference" > </p> |
| <p><a href="../../views/shared/ref-detailpane.htm">Detail Pane<br> |
| </a><a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-viewdisplaycommands.htm">View Display Commands</a><br> |
| <a href="../../../reference/views/shared/ref-viewlayoutcommands.htm">View Layout Commands</a></p> |
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