Eclipse Platform
Release 3.0

org.eclipse.debug.core.model
Interface IWatchExpressionResult


public interface IWatchExpressionResult

The result of an evaluation performed by an org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IWatchExpressionDelegate. A watch expression reports the value of the evaluation and any errors or exceptions that occurred.

Since:
3.0
See Also:
IWatchExpressionDelegate

Method Summary
 String[] getErrorMessages()
          Returns an array of problem messages.
 DebugException getException()
          Returns any exception that occurred while performing the evaluation or null if an exception did not occur.
 String getExpressionText()
          Returns the expression that was evaluated.
 IValue getValue()
          Returns the value representing the result of the evaluation, or null if the associated evaluation failed.
 boolean hasErrors()
          Returns whether the evaluation had any problems or if an exception occurred while performing the evaluation.
 

Method Detail

getValue

public IValue getValue()
Returns the value representing the result of the evaluation, or null if the associated evaluation failed. If the associated evaluation failed, there will be problems, or an exception in this result.

Returns:
the resulting value, possibly null

hasErrors

public boolean hasErrors()
Returns whether the evaluation had any problems or if an exception occurred while performing the evaluation.

Returns:
whether there were any problems.
See Also:
getErrorMessages(), getException()

getErrorMessages

public String[] getErrorMessages()
Returns an array of problem messages. Each message describes a problem that occurred while compiling the snippet.

Returns:
evaluation error messages, or an empty array if no errors occurred

getExpressionText

public String getExpressionText()
Returns the expression that was evaluated.

Returns:
The string expression.

getException

public DebugException getException()
Returns any exception that occurred while performing the evaluation or null if an exception did not occur. The exception will be a debug exception or a debug exception that wrappers a debug model specific exception that indicates a problem communicating with the target or with actually performing some action in the target.

Returns:
The exception that occurred during the evaluation
See Also:
DebugException

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