Step-by-step debugging

When you launch a debug session for a mixed language application or a Web object that is running on a WebSphere Application Server, you can choose to debug in step-by-step mode. This mode offers the greatest amount of control over the debugging process, as your application stops at entry to every object loaded by the JVM or server, at which point you can step into or over and use other debugging features.

Unlike traditional stepping, which works at the statement level of the language, step-by-step mode works at a much higher level and stops on entry to every object loaded by the JVM or server. You use step-by-step mode to get to the object you want to debug and then use traditional stepping (step into, step over and step return) to control debugging at the statement level.

Note: When debugging Web objects, step-by-step debugging is only supported when they are running on a WebSphere Application Server version 5.0.

 

Related tasks

Enabling and disabling step-by-step debug mode
Stepping into methods
Debugging remote server requests