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In this example we will place the net.istvanrath.emfxcel (note that this one will generate two additional plug-ins) and net.istvanrath.emfxcel.editor.xlsx plug-ins into the host Eclipse. Take these plug-ins and add them to an Eclipse Application Launch Configuration and start this configuration in Debug mode.  
 
In this example we will place the net.istvanrath.emfxcel (note that this one will generate two additional plug-ins) and net.istvanrath.emfxcel.editor.xlsx plug-ins into the host Eclipse. Take these plug-ins and add them to an Eclipse Application Launch Configuration and start this configuration in Debug mode.  
  
We will place some breakpoints into the Query Explorer related UI code for the sake of the example.
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We will place a breakpoint to the LoadResourceSetHandler#execute method, which will be invoked when a new EMF instance model is loaded into the Query Explorer. If we place the breakpoint on the return statement, then by the time the execution gets there, the engine will already be created and we can see it in the Variables view.  
* LoadResourceSetHandler#execute -> place a breakpoint on the return statement. This code loads a new EMF instance model into the Query Explorer and a new EMF-IncQuery engine will be created.  
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Revision as of 12:00, 1 May 2014

The EMF-IncQuery debugger tooling aims to provide useful functionalities for the users, so that they can easily observe the contents of the EMF-IncQuery related artifacts when the program execution has stopped at a breakpoint. The plan is to provide three kinds of support for debugging:

  • Possibility to explore the contents of the EMF instance models
  • Navigation in the contents of EMF-IncQuery pattern matcher engines (matchers, matches, match parameters, etc)
  • Navigation in the contents of EMF-IncQuery Rule Engines

The idea was described in the corresponding Bugzilla issue https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=405556.

The 0.8 version of EMF-IncQuery introduces support for the second point, the other two points will be implemented later. The debugger tooling is seamlessly integrated into the Eclipse Debug Perspective with additional views for the mentioned functionalities.

The features will be described with the emfxcel example (which is described in more details here https://incquery.net/incquery/examples/emfxcel). The example can be obtained from the GitHub repository https://github.com/ujhelyiz/EMF-IncQuery-Examples.

Debugging EMF-IncQuery engines

The latest version of EMF-IncQuery provides a new view which is called EMF-IncQuery Variables. This view is similar to the original Variables View (from the Debug Perspective), except that this one will display EMF-IncQuery pattern matcher engines when the application has halted at a breakpoint.

In this example we will place the net.istvanrath.emfxcel (note that this one will generate two additional plug-ins) and net.istvanrath.emfxcel.editor.xlsx plug-ins into the host Eclipse. Take these plug-ins and add them to an Eclipse Application Launch Configuration and start this configuration in Debug mode.

We will place a breakpoint to the LoadResourceSetHandler#execute method, which will be invoked when a new EMF instance model is loaded into the Query Explorer. If we place the breakpoint on the return statement, then by the time the execution gets there, the engine will already be created and we can see it in the Variables view.



Additional remarks

  • If you are repeatedly loading and unloading EMF instance models in the Query Explorer, you may see an already unloaded engine in the Variables View. This is because the garbage collector has not yet collected the engine.
  • If you are using the Variables View for an Eclipse application then you should remember that you need your plug-ins on "three levels". On the first (bottommost) level are the core IncQuery plug-ins, containing also the plug-in for the debug support. The Variables View is then loaded into the second level, and this is the level where it will be populated with the variables. The contents, however, will come from the third level, where you application is running. This has some important implications:
  1. The JVM on the second level needs to collect information from the JVM on the third level.
  2. If you have installed EMF-IncQuery into your host Eclipse, then it is enough to use "two levels", because the Variables View will be loaded into the host Eclipse.
  3. If you are using EMF-IncQuery with an OSGi application, then you can use the Variables View on the same level as you application.

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