immediate window

Question

Is there anyplace in the eclipse ide that I can enter immediate code while stoped at a breakpoint?

thanks

Answer 1

Note: as mentioned in Debugging with the Eclipse Platform, you can use the Display View to scrapbook your live code.

Meaning, while you have a live debug session:

, you can run/debug some expressions or code in a Display view:

Example:

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See My favorite Eclipse view

• To execute the code and display the returned value, push the button with a "J":
• If you just want to execute some code that doesn't return a value, push the button with an arrow ">" and a "J":

The standard output will be printed to the Console view.

Answer 2

It's called the Display window in Eclipse. Menu Item: Window/Show View/Display

To run command you need to type then select the text in the display window and select one of the two J icons in the window.