Debug perspective
Depending on the preferences set in Windows Æ Preferences Æ Run/Debug Æ Perspectives, you might be prompted to open the Debug perspective. In most cases the Debug perspective opens automatically.
If the Debug perspective does not open automatically, select Window Æ Open Perspective Æ (Other) Æ Debug.
The Debug perspective shows the source code where the execution stopped at the breakpoint (refer to Figure | 4-1):
| The Debug view shows the threads, currently stopped in Account.processTransaction.
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| The source code of the Account class shows the current line (at the breakpoint).
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| The Outline view shows the current method (processTransaction).
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| The Variables view shows the account (this), the amount (BigDecimal), the transaction type (Debit), and the transaction (null).
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| The Breakpoints view shows the breakpoint (Account [line: 81]).
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| The Console view shows the server console. You might see time-out errors because we stopped the execution in the middle of an EJB call.
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In this perspective it is possible to step through the code, and to watch and edit variables.