org.eclipse.jdt.debug.eval
Interface IEvaluationResult

public interface IEvaluationResult

The result of an evaluation. An evaluation result may contain problems and/or a result value.

Clients are not intended to implement this interface.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

IJavaValue

Method Summary

Message[]	getErrors() Returns an array of problem messages.
IEvaluationEngine	getEvaluationEngine() Returns the evaluation engine used to evaluate the original snippet.
DebugException	getException() Returns any exception that occurred while performing the evaluation or null if an exception did not occur.
String	getSnippet() Returns the snippet that was evaluated.
IJavaThread	getThread() Returns the thread in which the evaluation was performed.
IJavaValue	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 IJavaValue 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:

getErrors(), getException()

getErrors

public Message[] getErrors()

Returns an array of problem messages. Each message describes a problem that occurred while compiling the snippet.

Returns:

compilation error messages, or an empty array if no errors occurred

getSnippet

public String getSnippet()

Returns the snippet that was evaluated.

Returns:

The string code snippet.

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 JDI 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:

InvocationException, DebugException

getThread

public IJavaThread getThread()

Returns the thread in which the evaluation was performed.

Returns:

the thread in which the evaluation was performed

getEvaluationEngine

public IEvaluationEngine getEvaluationEngine()

Returns the evaluation engine used to evaluate the original snippet.

Returns:

the evaluation engine used to evaluate the original snippet