Show Logical Structure
I love how I continue to discover new things in Eclipse.
A few days ago, I stumbled upon “Show Logical Structure” 
. This is a feature that has been around since the 3.1 days (I believe it was introduced with 3.1M4). It turns the “Variables” view (normally part of the “Debugging” persective) from this:
Into this:
When I’m debugging something, I normally don’t care too much about the internal representation of an ArrayList. With “Show Logical Structure” turned on, the list manifests as an array which is far more useful. Other structures are handled by the feature, and it’s possible to create your own logical structure mappings for other types.
Posted March 27th, 2007 by Wayne Beaton in category: Other
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Curtis Says:
March 27th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
It is also possible (and not very difficult) to create your own logical structures for java variables.
Use the Java Logical Structures Preference Page (Java > Debug > Logical Structures).
Go debug team.
AlBlue Says:
March 27th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Ditto detail formatters for any objects:
http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t88390.html
Alex.
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August 12th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
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I think this is pretty interesting idea but i have to wait for the results…
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August 12th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
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