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Eclipse Cookbook

by Steve Holzner
June 2004
Beginner to intermediate
364 pages
7h 38m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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5.9. Setting a Hit Count for Breakpoints

Problem

You want to break only after a breakpoint has been encountered a specified number of times.

Solution

Breakpoints can be enabled after a specified number of hits, called a hit count. To set a breakpoint’s hit count, right-click the breakpoint in the Breakpoints view and click Properties, opening the Java Line Breakpoint Properties dialog. Check the “Enable Hit Count” checkbox, and enter the hit count you want.

Discussion

You can see an example in Figure 5-16, in which the hit count of a breakpoint is set to 3.

Setting a breakpoint hit count

Figure 5-16. Setting a breakpoint hit count

Click OK to close this dialog, and then restart the debugging session (you can end the session by clicking the Terminate button, or by selecting Run Terminate and starting the debugging session again). When you do, execution will be suspended the third time that breakpoint is encountered.

Tip

You also can set a breakpoint’s hit count by right-clicking the breakpoint in the Breakpoints view, clicking Hit Count, and entering the hit count you want in the dialog that opens.

See Also

Recipe 5.10 on configuring breakpoint conditions.

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