Interface WatchpointEvent

All Superinterfaces:

Event, Locatable, LocatableEvent, Mirror

All Known Subinterfaces:

AccessWatchpointEvent, ModificationWatchpointEvent

public interface WatchpointEvent
extends LocatableEvent

Notification of a field triggered event encountered by a thread in the target VM.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

• EventQueue
• VirtualMachine

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Field	field()	Returns the field that is about to be accessed/modified.
ObjectReference	object()	Returns the object whose field is about to be accessed/modified.
Value	valueCurrent()	Current value of the field.

Methods declared in interface Event

request

Methods declared in interface Locatable

location

Methods declared in interface LocatableEvent

thread

Methods declared in interface Mirror

toString, virtualMachine

Method Details

field

Field field()

Returns the field that is about to be accessed/modified.

Returns:

a Field which mirrors the field in the target VM.

Throws:

ObjectCollectedException - may be thrown if class has been garbage collected.

object

ObjectReference object()

Returns the object whose field is about to be accessed/modified. Return null is the access is to a static field.

Returns:

a ObjectReference which mirrors the event's object in the target VM.

valueCurrent

Value valueCurrent()

Current value of the field.

Throws:

ObjectCollectedException - if object or class have been garbage collected.