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2 * Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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7 * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this
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8 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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9 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
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10 *
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11 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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12 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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13 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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14 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
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15 * accompanied this code).
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16 *
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17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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18 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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19 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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20 *
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21 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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22 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
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23 * questions.
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24 */
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26 /**
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27 * This package contains an experimental framework for building simple command-line oriented debuggers
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28 * that work with Truffle-implemented languages; it is used mainly for testing Truffle's built-in
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29 * {@link com.oracle.truffle.tools.debug.engine.DebugEngine}, which actually provides the debugging services.
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30 * <p>
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31 * Truffle debugging is made possible by the general purpose Instrumentation Framework built
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32 * into the Truffle platform. Some online documentation for the Instrumentation Framework is available
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33 * online:
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34 * <quote>
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35 * <a href="https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Graal/Instrumentation+API">https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Graal/Instrumentation+API</a>
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36 * </quote>
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37 * <p>
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38 * Building one of these command line debuggers requires creating language-specific instances of:
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39 * <ol>
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40 * <li>{@link com.oracle.truffle.tools.debug.engine.DebugEngine},
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41 * noting that this instance also depends on related services provided by the language implementation,</li>
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42 * <li>{@link com.oracle.truffle.tools.debug.shell.REPLServer}, best accomplished by copying the implementation for
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43 * Truffle's demonstration language "Simple" (a.k.a. "SL").</li>
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44 * </ol>
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45 *
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46 * <strong>Disclaimer: </strong> although these command line debuggers are useful, they are
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47 * not intended, and will not be maintained as, fully functioning debuggers. They should be
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48 * considered valuable tools for the maintainers of the {@link com.oracle.truffle.tools.debug.engine.DebugEngine},
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49 * as well as for Truffle language implementors for whom concurrent access to any kind debugging services can
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50 * be quite helpful.
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51 * <p>
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52 * <strong>Note:</strong> Both the functionality and API for this package are under active development.
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53 * <p>
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54 * @see com.oracle.truffle.api.instrument
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55 * @see com.oracle.truffle.tools.debug.engine
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56 */
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57 package com.oracle.truffle.tools.debug.shell;
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