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Providing a bit more meaningful documentation to our recent debugging improvements
author Jaroslav Tulach <jaroslav.tulach@oracle.com>
date Wed, 22 Jul 2015 14:25:03 +0200
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/**
 * Control over {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.Debugger debugging} of your {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.TruffleVM}. Each {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.TruffleVM}
 * is inherently capable to run in debugging mode - there is just one thing
 * to do - the {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.TruffleVM.Builder creator of the virtual machine}
 * needs to turn debugging on when constructing its Truffle virtual machine:
 * <pre>
 * vm = {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.TruffleVM#newVM()}.
 *     {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.TruffleVM.Builder#onEvent(com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.EventConsumer) onEvent}(<b>new</b> {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.EventConsumer EventConsumer}{@code <}{@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.ExecutionEvent}{@code >}() {
 *         <b>public void</b> handle({@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.ExecutionEvent} ev) {
 *             <em>// configure the virtual machine as {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.TruffleVM#eval(java.net.URI) new execution} is starting</em>
 *         }
 *     }).
 *     {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.TruffleVM.Builder#onEvent(com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.EventConsumer) onEvent}(<b>new</b> {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.EventConsumer EventConsumer}{@code <}{@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.SuspendedEvent}{@code >}() {
 *         <b>public void</b> handle({@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.SuspendedEvent} ev) {
 *             <em>// execution is suspended on a breakpoint or on a step - decide what next</em>
 *         }
 *     }).{@link com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.TruffleVM.Builder#build() build()};
 * </pre>
 * The debugging is controlled by events emitted by the Truffle virtual machine
 * at important moments. The {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.ExecutionEvent}
 * is sent when a call to {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.TruffleVM#eval(java.net.URI) eval(...)} 
 * is made and allows one to configure {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.Breakpoint breakpoints} and/or decide whether the
 * program should {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.ExecutionEvent#prepareStepInto() step-into} or 
 * {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.ExecutionEvent#prepareContinue() just run}. Once the execution is suspended a
 * {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.SuspendedEvent} is generated which
 * allows one to inspect the stack and choose the further execution mode
 * ({@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.SuspendedEvent#prepareStepInto(int) step-into}, {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.SuspendedEvent#prepareStepOver(int) step-over}, {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.SuspendedEvent#prepareStepOut() step-out}, {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.SuspendedEvent#prepareContinue() continue}).
 * <p>
 * The events methods are only available when the event is being delivered and
 * shouldn't be used anytime later. Both events however provide access to
 * {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.Debugger} which can be kept and used
 * during whole existence of the {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.vm.TruffleVM}.
 * {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.Debugger} is the central class that 
 * keeps information about {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.Debugger#getBreakpoints() registered breakpoints}
 * and allows one create new {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.Breakpoint ones}.
 * 
 * <h4>Turning on Stepping Mode</h4>
 * 
 * In case you want your execution to pause on first statement, register for
 * {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.ExecutionEvent} and once delivered
 * call {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.ExecutionEvent#prepareStepInto()}.
 *
 * <h4>Register a {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.Breakpoint}</h4>
 * 
 * Wait for execution to be started - which generates an
 * {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.ExecutionEvent}. Use its
 * {@link com.oracle.truffle.api.debug.Debugger ev.getDebugger}()
 * methods to submit breakpoints.
 */
package com.oracle.truffle.api.debug;