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Java exception checkpoint with condition in Eclipse

Is there any way (including a third party plugin) to create a Java exception breakpoint in Eclipse that only breaks if the condition is true ?

Current use case. I am trying to catch ClassNotFoundException

for a specific class to debug a class loading problem. Unfortunately my breakpoint is catching literally thousands of irrelevant routine exceptions that are thrown when Tomcat starts up. I want to tell Eclipse to only crash if -1 < e.getMessage().indexOf(MY_CLASS_NAME)

.

Help!

Update . Several answers suggested right clicking on the exception in the properties of the exception and clicking a conditional breakpoint. I've already tried this. Until at least Eclipse Luna Release 2 (v 4.4.2, build id 20150219-0600), this is not a breakpoint exception option .

For clarity, here is a picture of the properties of an exception breakpoint:

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There is no way to add a condition for an exception breakpoint like normal breakpoints. The closest thing you can do is use the Filtering property page to add a filter to the breakpoint, such as the class and / or package that throws the exception. Or you can filter by a specific thread while debugging.



See http://help.eclipse.org/juno/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/tasks/tasks-create-exception-filter-expression.htm for details .

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Right click on the breakpoint! -> Properties -> Conditional Breakpoint



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Right click on the breakpoint, the last line of the menu: "Breakpoint Properties". You can check the "Conditional" box. Then you add -1 < e.getMessage().indexOf(MY_CLASS_NAME)

to the edit box.

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