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Showing exception details while debugging [message #874947]

Mon, 21 May 2012 20:57

Alex O

Messages: 2
Registered: May 2012

Junior Member

Hey, I have a problem which has vexed me for many days. It goes something like this:

I tell Eclipse to break on all uncaught exceptions, which it does do.

I run my code in debug mode.

Eclipse breaks on a RuntimeException, but the code it breaks on is not my code, and I do not have the source. I cannot step through, view, or watch any expressions in the code surrounding the place the exception is thrown at.

The debug window shows "Thread X is suspended (RuntimeException)", but I cannot view the exception (I can't see the message, the callstack trace, any inner exceptions, etc.) I would like to see these things, but I can't find any way of doing it. Right-clicking into the debug window doesn't give me anything useful, and hovering over any of the text in the window doesn't do anything either.

Anyone know how to place a watch on the exception object or at least view its message?

I'm attaching a screenshot of what I'm talking about.

PS.

I know about the special breakpoint for exceptions. Using it doesn't seem to change much. Breaking on the exception isn't the problem; trying to do anything useful with it afterwards is.

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Re: Showing exception details while debugging [message #874967 is a reply to message #874947]

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:51

Stephan Herrmann

Messages: 1853
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

The following preference should help you:

Java > Debug > Open popup when suspend on exception

When you hit an exception breakpoint a popup with the exception object comes up.
You may want to push it to the Expression view (Ctrl-Shift-I), so you can better drill into the exception object.

I typically enable this option only temporarily, because I don't like to always get the popup thrown in my face Smile

but it seems to be the best available solution for your problem.

best,
Stephan

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Re: Showing exception details while debugging [message #875374 is a reply to message #874967]

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:11

Alex O

Messages: 2
Registered: May 2012

Junior Member

That's exactly what I needed, thanks man.

For future people searching, this is the solution in picture form:

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Once the option "Open popup when suspended on exception" in Window->Preferences->Java->Debug is turned on, you can left-click on the exception in the Debug window and a popup will display (much like mousing over on a variable name during debug stepping) with Exception details:

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Re: Showing exception details while debugging [message #1043056 is a reply to message #874947]

Wed, 17 April 2013 08:03

Pierpaolo Paris

Messages: 1
Registered: April 2013

Junior Member

I have the same problem as Alex O. I checked "open popup when suspend on exception", as Stephan Herrmann said, but popup doesn't open. How can I find out if there is another problem with Eclipse? In the error log there isn't nothing strange.
My Eclipse version is 4.2.1

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