Debug Operations for PL/SQL and Java Programs

This topic provides an overview of the operations that can be performed through the Debug console.

The Debug window toolbar enables you to perform the various actions on an ongoing debug session. You can evaluate each expression/line of code where the breakpoint pauses the execution of the PL/SQL method or the Java program. You can also add and manage multiple watches on the expression variables. The following table lists some of the common debugging operations:

Toolbar Options	Description
Rerun	Restarts the debugger session.
Pause	Pauses the debugger session when running.
Resume Program	Resumes the debugger session when paused.
Step Over	Steps over the current line of code and move to the next executable line, skipping any method implementation lines.
Step Into	Steps into the method to evaluate it.
Step Out	Steps out of the current method or code block and jumps to the caller method.
View Breakpoints	Opens the Breakpoint dialog box to create, manage and remove breakpoints.
Mute Breakpoints	Mutes the breakpoints so that execution does not stop at the breakpoints while the debugger session continues to run.
Up the Stack Trace	Moves from the bottom of the list to examine the program call stack being debugged.
Down the Stack Trace	Moves from the top of the list to examine the program call stack being debugged.
Soft-Wrap	Wraps long lines of program code in the debug console output window, preventing horizontal scrolling.
Scroll to End	Scrolls to the end of the debug console window to navigate to the latest output.
Force Step Over	Forces the debugger to skip over the current line of code and move to the next while ignoring the breakpoints within the called method.
Force Step Into	Forces the debugger to step into the method you are interested in, even if that method is skipped by the regular 'Step Into' action.
Smart Step Into	If there are several methods called in a line, select the specific method and then select this menu option to step into that method in the code.
Run to Cursor	Continues execution of the target program until the position of the caret is reached.
Force Run to Cursor	Forces the execution to reach until the position of the caret, ignoring the breakpoints on the way.
Show Execution Point	Jumps to the current execution point in the line of code where the program execution is paused.
Get Thread Dump	Captures a snapshot of the current state of the debugged program, including call stacks for all active threads.
Trace Current Stream Chain	Provides a visual step-by-step analysis of how data flows and transforms through a stream pipeline, when debugger is paused within a stream operation.
Debugger Settings	Allows you to: Open files in preview tab Show variable values in editor Unmute breakpoints on session finish
Modify Run Configurations	Opens the Run/Debug Configurations window of your IDE platform where you can create new configurations (temporary or permanent) or make changes to the existing ones for an executable class or method.