Source Files

Having created a project, the next step is to open some source files so that you can then set some breakpoints in it. Unlike some Integrated Development Environments you may be familiar with, BugSeeker does not require you to add source files to a project before you can begin debugging. As long as BugSeeker is able to find the classes for your application, applet or servlet (by searching your project's classpath), you will be able to debug your project.

The primary use of being able to open source files within BugSeeker is to set breakpoints on the source lines where you wish the debugger to stop. You can also open files within BugSeeker to examine any Java source file. You may even use BugSeeker to open non Java source files. If a Java source file to be opened is not a proper, syntactically correct Java source file, BugSeeker will report an error and not open the file.