RE: [cdt-dev] Breakpoints inserted using DSF not reflected in IDE.

[<Ling.5.Wang@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you just insert a breakpoint programmatically in DSF layer, it will not show up in IDE UI.  To add a breakpoint in UI programmatically, I think (I may be wrong) you will need to call platform API (the IDE layer above DSF/CDT) to do that.

 

However, I don't think it a good idea to add a breakpoint in the UI without the debugger user's "permisssion" as breakpoints in UI are supposed to be solely controled by user.  Of course debugger can insert breakpoints internally to perform some tasks (e.g. temporary breakpoints for stepping), but those breakpoints are internal and should not be visible to user.

 

Regards.

 

- Ling

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From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ext Rohit Girme
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:23 AM
To: CDT General developers list.
Subject: [cdt-dev] Breakpoints inserted using DSF not reflected in IDE.

Hi,

 

Let me start by explaining what I want to do.

I want to programmatically insert breakpoints using DSF. I am using Eclipse 3.5.2 along MinGW toolchain in Windows.

 

I am able to insert breakpoints using the IBreakpoints service provided by DSF. Specifically the IBreakpoints.insertBreakpoint() method. However these breakpoints are inserted on the target but cannot be seen in the Eclipse IDE. There is a similar post which talks about breakpoints using DSF. However the discussion says nothing about IDE breakpoints.

I went through the PDA example provided with the DSF plugins, but could not find anything that will help me.

The PDA example talks about the Breakpoints Mediator, but I dont think it is being used in the DSF - GDB plugin. Instead MIBreakpointManager is used.

Can someone help me out or guide me in some way ?

 

The second issue is deleting breakpoints. I am able to delete breakpoints successfully using DSF. However when it comes to deleting individual breakpoints, I am stuck. I know I have to use IBreakpoints.removeBreakpoint(). But how do I get the specific IBreakpointDMContext ? Is there any way I can acquire IBreakpointDMContext for a particular breakpoint using the breakpoint attributes e.g. IBreakpointDMContext corresponding to a breakpoint at line number 34 ?

After going through the source code I realized, DSF uses a Map of some kind. Can I use that or some other way ?

 

Thanks for your help guys.

 

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Regards,
Rohit Girme