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programming for eclipse -debug console option [message #327452]

Mon, 21 April 2008 01:15

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: hos.prashne.com

I am creating an Eclipse RCP application.
When I create the .exe, I would want to run it from the command prompt
with the "-debug" option to show some extra features on the application.
Only the programmer knows this option.

When the user opens the application, these options should not be shown.

Is there was way where the programmer can check for the "-debug" option
being set and handle it accordingly in the code?

Re: programming for eclipse -debug console option [message #327454 is a reply to message #327452]

Mon, 21 April 2008 03:17

Eclipse User

Platform.inDebugMode();

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Hosa wrote:
> I am creating an Eclipse RCP application. When I create the .exe, I
> would want to run it from the command prompt with the "-debug" option to
> show some extra features on the application. Only the programmer knows
> this option.
>
> When the user opens the application, these options should not be shown.
>
> Is there was way where the programmer can check for the "-debug" option
> being set and handle it accordingly in the code?
>

Re: programming for eclipse -debug console option [message #327457 is a reply to message #327454]

Mon, 21 April 2008 04:19

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: hos.prashne.com

Hi Prakash,

Thanks for the quick reply.
My eclipse RCP application consists of plug-ins I created using SWT and
JFace components. So when i added -

if(Platform.inDebugMode()){
System.out.println("My plugin is doing something");
}

The tests for these UI components in the plug-in is throwing an exeption
because the eclipse platform is initialized in the main eclipse component
of my project -

java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.inDebugMode(Platform.java: 1515)

Is there anyway I can get rid of these exceptions when I am testing the
plug-ins before integrating them to the app?

Re: programming for eclipse -debug console option [message #327458 is a reply to message #327457]

Mon, 21 April 2008 04:35

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: hos.kfmd.com

Even when I used

if(Activator.getDefault().isDebugging()){
System.out.println("My plugin is doing something");
}

Its throwing me an exception -Exception in thread "main"
java.lang.NullPointerException

Re: programming for eclipse -debug console option [message #327460 is a reply to message #327457]

Mon, 21 April 2008 12:56

Eclipse User

Check out how it is done in JFace.
org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil.initializeJFace()

Basically JFace provides an Policy object that has the variables like
Policy.DEBUG and/or Policy.TRACE_ACTIONS. When run within eclipse, the
options are set from the debug file from one of the plugins. You could
also set them programmatically for running outside of eclipse if needed.

PW

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Re: programming for eclipse -debug console option [message #327484 is a reply to message #327460]

Tue, 22 April 2008 01:54

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: ho.kks.com

Hi Paul,

It has the following code:

if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(Platform.getDebugOption("/debug"))) {

to check whether its in Debug mode before checking the Policy object.
So, I am not sure this will help.

Paul Webster wrote:

> Check out how it is done in JFace.
> org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil.initializeJFace()

> Basically JFace provides an Policy object that has the variables like
> Policy.DEBUG and/or Policy.TRACE_ACTIONS. When run within eclipse, the
> options are set from the debug file from one of the plugins. You could
> also set them programmatically for running outside of eclipse if needed.

> PW

Re: programming for eclipse -debug console option [message #327526 is a reply to message #327484]

Wed, 23 April 2008 10:49

Eclipse User

Hosa wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> It has the following code:
>
> if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(Platform.getDebugOption("/debug"))) {
> to check whether its in Debug mode before checking the Policy object.
> So, I am not sure this will help.

Sorry, my point was you can use Policy.DEBUG, Policy.TRACE_WHATEVER in
your code. If you are in eclipse, set them using
Platform.getDebugOption(*). If you are not in eclipse, set them
programmatically some other way. That's how JFace needs to work, since
it can run as a bundle or as a java library.

PW

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