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Bug 11977

Summary: [breakpoints] Feature: Selecting Exception name in editor->add exception breakpoint
Product: [Eclipse Project] JDT Reporter: Darin Swanson <Darin_Swanson>
Component: DebugAssignee: JDT-Debug-Inbox <jdt-debug-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P4 CC: simon
Version: 2.0Keywords: helpwanted
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 2000   
Whiteboard:

Description Darin Swanson CLA 2002-03-20 14:18:55 EST 
There are several times I am stepping over code and suddenly end up in a catch 
block.  It would be nice to be able to select the exception name in the editor 
and add an exception breakpoint for that type.
Comment 1 Darin Wright CLA 2002-03-20 17:27:53 EST 
Deferred
Comment 2 Simon Tardell CLA 2003-06-13 14:09:59 EDT 
Similarly, from a stack trace (in the debugger, or in the JUnit view) one 
would want to be able to 

1/ add a breakpoint for the exception that was thrown, or
2/ add a breakpoint for that exception constrained to the method/class it was 
thrown from, or
3/ add a breakpoint for that exception constrained to any method on the stack 
below where it was thrown from (or above, depending on your direction of 
definitions).
Comment 3 Darin Wright CLA 2004-08-26 09:56:16 EDT 
open for 3.1
Comment 4 Darin Wright CLA 2004-11-08 11:14:34 EST 
Notes re comment#2:

(1) is already supported - click on the exception name hyperlink in the 
console to create the breakpoint.
(2) & (3) are covered by the feature request in bug 36804.

Remaining feature request is described in first comment.
Comment 5 Darin Wright CLA 2005-02-01 15:29:05 EST 
Deferred
Comment 6 Michael Rennie CLA 2007-05-23 10:12:13 EDT 
reopen to close
Comment 7 Michael Rennie CLA 2007-05-23 10:12:41 EDT 
marking as wontfix, but contributions are welcome