Question

I have recently started to use Eclipse after using IntelliJ for a few years. When debugging Map using IntelliJ, if the key or object implements toString(), a nice list of string representation of key-value is displayed.

In Eclipse, when I select Show Logical Structure, I see something like the following:

With this view, the problem is that you will need to expand each entry to see the actual key and value. If you need to find something in a map of more than 10 elements, it becomes very tedious.

I understand that you can make custom Logical Structure and the default for Map is this:

return entrySet().toArray();

Is there any way, either through custom Logical Structure or some plugin to view values for Map entries more useful than something like ConcurrentHashMap$WriteThroughEntry (id=193)?

Answer 1

I find that when I select a value in the “Variables” pane in the debugger, its value is shown below using the toString() method. This works nicely for maps, for example.