for example I have an ArrayList with 2 elements, but Eclipse Java debugger shows me 10 elements where 3-10 are just nulls. How to disable this ‘feature’?
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P.S.: Mac OS 10.5.6, Java6, Eclipse 3.4.2
In the ‘Variables’ view (as seen in your screenshot) click on the small downward triangle (=menu) in the top-right corner, select the ‘Java’ sub-menu and then remove the tick in front of ‘Show null array entries’.
(This sometimes does not work the first time. Probably a bug. Just try it until the null-values are gone in the view.)