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The NetBeans Debugger Core API definition. Debugger Core API interfaces
allows to install differrent debugger inlementations to one IDE, and
share some UI components among them.
Basic debugger model
Debugger Core API represents debugger as some tree structure. {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerManager} represents root of this
tree. It manages list of {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.Breakpoint}s,
{@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.Watch}es and running {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.Session}s. All watches and breakpoints
registerred here are shared for all running sessions.
{@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.Session} represents one process or
application running in debug mode. Each Session manages list of
supported programming languages. Support for each programming language
is represented by some instance of {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerEngine}. DebuggerEngine is a main
intergation point for all Debugger Plug-ins. Most of Service Providers
(like {@link
org.netbeans.spi.debugger.ActionsProvider} or different Models) should
be registered for
some concrete type of DebuggerEngine.
{@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerManager}
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|- {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.Breakpoint}(s)
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|- {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.Watch}(es)
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|- {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.Session}(s) <programming language 1 -> {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerEngine} 1>
<programming language 2 -> {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerEngine} 2>
...
One DebuggerEngine can manage more than one language. And it can be
used for more than one Session. In extreme example, there may be one
DebuggerManager only for several different sessions and for many
different languages.
The only way how to add some language, session or engine to this tree
is method {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerManager#startDebugging(DebuggerInfo)}.
The only method how to remove something is {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerEngine.Destructor}.
Exension of basic model - lookups,
Meta-inf/debugger
Basic debugger model is very simple, and it should be extended by some
additional services (see Debugger
SPI documentation for default set of additional services). As the
Debugger API interfaces should be (and are) final, we use lookup
pattern for this purpose.
List of 'extensible' interfaces:
- {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerManager}: methods {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerManager#lookup(String,Class)}
and {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerManager#lookupFirst(String,Class)}
- {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerInfo}: methods {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerInfo#lookup(String,Class)} and {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerInfo#lookupFirst(String,Class)}
- {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.Session}: methods {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.Session#lookup(String,Class)} and {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.Session#lookupFirst(String,Class)}
- {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerEngine}: methods {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerEngine#lookup(String,Class)}, {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerEngine#lookupFirst(String,Class)}, {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerManager#lookup(String,Class)}
and {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerManager#lookupFirst(String,Class)}
There are two ways how to registrer services. The first possibility is
to put 'live' instance of some service to the interface when a new
instance is created. This solution is supported by methods: {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerInfo#create(String,Object[])}, {@link
org.netbeans.spi.debugger.SessionProvider#getServices()} and {@link
org.netbeans.spi.debugger.DebuggerEngineProvider#getServices()}. Second
possibility (and preferred one) is to register service to
Meta-inf/debugger folder. The way how to do it is described in Debugger
SPI documentation.
Debugger Start Process
The process which implements starting of debugger in Debugger Core
module is very simple. There is one instance of {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerInfo} and {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerManager#startDebugging(DebuggerInfo)}
method on the
begining of this process. DebuggerInfo determines a set of debugger
Sessions to be started:
List sessionProviders = debuggerInfo.lookup (null, SessionsProvider.class);
A new instance of {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.Session} is created for every {@link
org.netbeans.spi.debugger.SessionProvider} after that. A set of
DebuggerEngines is created for each Session in the second step:
List engineProviders = session.lookup (null, DebuggerEngineProvider.class);
Each {@link
org.netbeans.spi.debugger.DebuggerEngineProvider} drives creation of
one new instance of
{@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerEngine}. So, the debugger start
process creates a tree of
new Sessions and new DebuggerEngines and registers them to the
DebuggerManager.
Thats all.
Debugger Start
Process - advanced version
Debugger API supports two enhancements to the standard debugger start
process:
- Start new DebuggerEngine for already existing Session
- Create a new Session for already existing DebuggerEngine.
{@link
org.netbeans.spi.debugger.DelegatingSessionProvider} interface is
designed to support first usecase. You should implement and register
this interface in Meta-inf/debugger, to delegate on some existing
Session.
Second usecase is supported by interface {@link
org.netbeans.spi.debugger.DelegatingDebuggerEngineProvider}.
Debugger Actions - how does it work
debuggercore-ui module installs some basic set of standard debugger
actions to NetBeans toolbar and menu. Debugger actions
(javax.swing.Action) are private. Each action is represented by some
constant in {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.ActionsManager} (like {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.ActionsManager#ACTION_STEP_INTO}).
ActionsManager manages list of registered {@link
org.netbeans.spi.debugger.ActionProvider}s. It contains mapping between
action constant and ActionProvider registerred for this constant. For
example:
instance
of DebuggerEngine which represents JPDA debugger contains mapping:
ActionsManager.ACTION_STEP_INTO
--> JPDAStepIntoActionProvider
How to implement and register some debugger action:
public class JPDAStepIntoAction extends ActionsProviderSupport {
JPDAStepIntoAction () {
jpdaDebugger.add...Listener (
new Listener () {
public ...event () {
// set state of action here
setEnabled ( state );
}
}
);
}
public boolean doAction (Object action) {
// put implementation of action here
return true; // action successful
}
}
And JPDAStepIntoAction should be registerred in file:
META-INF/debugger/{DebuggerEngineTypeID}/org.netbeans.spi.debugger.ActionsProvider
Following two diagrams will show how the action system works:
Diagram 1 - what
happens when user press Step Into Action:
- StepIntoAction calls {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.ActionsManager#doAction(Object)} for {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.ActionsManager#ACTION_STEP_INTO}, when its
invoked by the user.
- {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.ActionsManager} finds proper
{@link org.netbeans.spi.debugger.ActionsProvider} registered for given
action. Than it calls {@link
org.netbeans.spi.debugger.ActionsProvider#doAction(Object)}.
- {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.ActionsManager} notifies all
{@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.ActionsManagerListener}s about it, when the
action is done.
user StepIntoAction DebuggerEngine StepIntoActionProvider DebuggerEngineListener
(javax.swing.Action) | (ActionsProvider) |
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o press -> actionPerformed (...) | | |
_|_ action calls | | |
| button currentDebuggerEngine. --> doAction (ACTION_STEP_INTO) | |
/ \ doAction | | |
(ACTION_STEP_INTO) finds ActionsProviders | |
| registerred for given action --> doAction (ACTION_STEP_INTO) |
| and calls doAction on them implementation of |
| | Step Into Action is here |
| | <-- | |
| fires PROP_ACTION_PERFORMED | |
| | --> -|-> actionPerformed (..)
| | | listener impl.
| <-- <-|- <-|- <--|
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Diagram 2 - what
happens when the state of Step Into Action is changed:
- Debugger implementation should recognize that the state of Step
Into action should be changed, and it should notify
StepIntoActionProvider about it.
- StepIntoActionProvider should fire {@link
org.netbeans.spi.debugger.ActionsProviderListener#actionStateChange(Object,boolean)}
for {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.ActionsManager#ACTION_STEP_INTO}.
- {@link org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerEngine} is listenning on
all installed {@link org.netbeans.spi.debugger.ActionsProvider}s and
fires all action state changes using {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerEngineListener#actionStateChanged(Object,boolean)}.
- StepIntoAction listens on {@link
org.netbeans.api.debugger.DebuggerEngine}, and it updates its state
when some actionStateChanged is fired.
debugger StepIntoActionProvider DebuggerEngine.ActionsProviderListener StepIntoAction.DebuggerEngineListener
(ActionsProvider) | (javax.swing.Action)
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_ state of -> fire action state | |
|?| action change --> actionStateChange (ACTION_STEP_INTO, enabled) |
¯ should be | | |
changed | fire DebuggerEngineListener |
| actionStateChanged --> actionStateChanged
| | updates a state
| | of action
|<-- <-|- <-- |
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