1. An Eclipse workspace is the location where all the projects are stored.
2. The naming convention for Eclipse plug-in projects is to use a reverse domain name prefix, such as com.packtpub
. Additionally UI projects typically have a .ui.
in their name.
3. The three key files in an Eclipse plug-in are META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
, plugin.xml
, and build.properties
.
1a. Quit the application with File | Exit.
1b. Use the stop button from the Debug or Console views.
2. Launch configurations are similar to pre-canned scripts which can start up an application, set its working directory and environment, and run a class.
3. Launch configurations are modified with the Run | Run Configurations… or Debug | Debug Configurations… menus.
1. Use the Debug | Debug configurations or Debug | Debug As… menus.
2. Set step filters via the preferences menu to avoid certain package names.
3. Breakpoints can be: conditional, method entry/exit, enabled/disabled, or number of iterations.
4. Set a breakpoint and set it after a hit count of 256
.
5. Use a conditional breakpoint and set argument==null
as the condition.
6. Inspecting an object means opening it up in the viewer so that the values of the object can be interrogated and expanded.
7. The expression watches window allows arbitrary expressions to be set.
8. Multiple statements can be set in the breakpoint conditions provided that there is a return statement at the end.