LWN: Debugging Free Java with SableVM and Eclipse | Linux Today

LWN: Debugging Free Java with SableVM and Eclipse

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 2, 2005

[ Thanks to Grzegorz B.
Prokopski
for this link. ]

“The SableVM Project involves the development of a
liberally-licensed free virtual machine for Java. SableVM has just
made a preview release branch of SableVM that supports the JVMDI
(Java Virtual Machine Debugging Interface) and JDWP (Java Debug
Wire Protocol). These standard protocols are commonly used by tools
like Eclipse (see the screen shots) to provide a rich and
user-friendly system with visual debugging support.

“This release is an important breakthrough because SableVM is
the first Open Source Java virtual machine that supports these
protocols…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

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