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Re: [platform-debug-dev] How to handle breakpoint notification?
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Thank you Darin.
Filed https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=324093
-----Original Message-----
From: platform-debug-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:platform-debug-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darin Wright
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 9:37 AM
To: Eclipse Platform Debug component developers list.
Subject: Re: [platform-debug-dev] How to handle breakpoint notification?
>
> I have targets that are not able to modify (delete) the breakpoint
> state while it is running, I am not sure what the best way to handle
> this is and any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
>
> I know that I can halt the target before applying the change to the
> breakpoint, but this intrusiveness will cause undesired expectation
> for the user, i.e cache flushed, and missing interrupt, etc.... I also
> tried caching the requests from the platform breakpoint manager,
> such as Breakpoint Manager Enablement event and remove breakpoint
> event, etc... However this is not the best, because state is not
> consistent between the UI and what is on the target.
>
> I think the ideal solution for my case is to be able to disable the
> breakpoint manager (view) actions and this will prevent the user
> from changing the breakpoint state when not possible. I don't see
> disabling the actions is possible with the current API, if some one
> know a better way of handling this issue, please let me know.
>
Currently there is no API to control the enablement of breakpoint
actions/operations (i.e. like #canInstall(), #canEnable(), etc.). Perhaps
you need function similar to this (like what is done for other operations
such as suspend/resume, etc). I would suggest to open a feature request
for this.
Darin
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