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| Program debug and launch support</H1> |
| <p>The resource plug-ins in the Eclipse platform allow you to manage a set a |
| source files for a program and compile them using an incremental project |
| builder. Plug-ins can define new builders that handle special resource |
| types, such as source files for a particular programming language. Once an |
| executable program is built with your plug-in's builder, how can you make sure |
| that it gets invoked correctly?</p> |
| <p>The <b><a href="../reference/api/org/eclipse/debug/core/package-summary.html"> org.eclipse.debug.core</a> |
| </b> plug-in provides the API that allows a program to define a configuration |
| for launching a program. The program can be launched for regular execution |
| or in debug mode, depending on the capabilities of your plug-in. The |
| Eclipse Java development tooling (JDT) uses the platform debug support to launch |
| Java VM's and the Java debugger. </p> |
| <p>The <b><a href="../reference/api/org/eclipse/debug/ui/package-summary.html"> org.eclipse.debug.ui</a></b> plug-in includes support for user configuration of |
| launch parameters and utility classes that ease the implementation of powerful debuggers.</p> |
| <p>There are some shared concepts in launching and debugging programs that are |
| implemented in the platform debug support. However, the best way to |
| understand how to use the platform debug support is to study a robust concrete |
| implementation of launching and debugging, such as the JDT launching and debug |
| tools. We'll review the major concepts of the platform debug support in |
| order to provide a roadmap for studying a concrete implementation.</p> |
| <p>For a detailed explanation of how to define and develop custom launch |
| configurations, see |
| <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Launch-Framework/launch.html">We Have Lift-off: The Launching Framework in Eclipse</a>.</p> |
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