When you set a breakpoint in the debugger, the Java VM stops execution at that breakpoint. Once execution is stopped, you can inspect and modify the values of variables and other expressions to better understand the state of the program. You can then trace through execution step by step to identify problems.
Setting breakpoints in the proper places is a key to efficiently pinpointing the problem execution steps.
The Java debugger allows you to set breakpoints not only on a line of code, but on many other conditions. This section describes how to set breakpoints using different conditions.
