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I was wondering if the way Java/JVM works means debugging tools like Eclipse can show me a list of all instances of a given class? I suppose one could write some reflection code but I don’t want to break execution at the same place every time… rather I;d like to break execution and bring up a list of all MyClass123 objects in a debug window.
Is this even possible? Is it provided in Eclipse or any plugin?
Yes, it’s possible in the standard eclipse debugger. See here. While debugging, right-click on a variable entry in the ‘Variables View’ and then click on ‘All Instances’:
This will open a list like this: