Time for action – updating code in the debugger

When an Eclipse instance is launched in run mode, changes made to the source code aren't reflected in the running instance. However, debug mode allows changes made to the source to be reflected in the running target Eclipse instance.

  1. Launch the target Eclipse in debug mode by clicking on the debug icon.
  2. Click on the hello world icon in the target Eclipse to display the dialog, as before, and click on OK to dismiss it. It may be necessary to remove or resume the breakpoint in the host Eclipse instance to allow execution to continue.
  3. In the host Eclipse, open the SampleHandler class and go to the execute method.
  4. Change the title of the dialog to Hello again, Eclipse world and save the file. Provided the ...

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