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| <h3>Debug UI utility classes</h3> |
| <p>In addition to defining a general framework for showing a debug UI, the debug UI plug-in |
| includes classes that implement useful utility methods for implementing a debugger UI.</p> |
| <p><a href="../reference/api/org/eclipse/debug/ui/DebugUITools.html"><b>DebugUITools</b></a> |
| groups many of these utilities and includes methods for the following:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Saving and/or building the workspace before launching a particular launch configuration</li> |
| <li>Storage and retrieval of images on behalf of debug UI clients</li> |
| <li>Lookup of the debug model presentation associated with a given debug model</li> |
| <li>Retrieval of the debug plug-in preference store</li> |
| <li>Information about the current program under debug, such as the current context, process, or console</li> |
| <li>Opening the launch configuration dialog with various defaults</li> |
| <li>Enabling or disabling the use of step filters</li> |
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| <p><a href="../reference/api/org/eclipse/debug/ui/IDebugView.html"><b>IDebugView</b></a> |
| provides common function for debug views. It provides access to an |
| underlying viewer and its debug model presentation. Typically, clients |
| should extend <a href="../reference/api/org/eclipse/debug/ui/AbstractDebugView.html"><b>AbstractDebugView</b></a> |
| rather than implement the interface from scratch. <a href="../reference/api/org/eclipse/debug/ui/AbstractDebugView.html"><b>AbstractDebugView</b></a> |
| provides many useful functions:</p> |
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| <li>Storage of actions in an action registry</li> |
| <li>Generic handling of the underlying viewer's context menu</li> |
| <li>General implementations of delete key and double click function </li> |
| <li>Mechanism for displaying an error message in the view</li> |
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