[SOLVED] Debug: values not shown for variables

[jwilley44]

I am using Eclipse Ganymede and during debugging, values for objects are not shown. For example I cannot look through a Java Collections object. Primitive types show their value but objects do not. When I click to view them I get this message:

Method "toString" with signature "()Ljava/lang/String;" is not applicable for this object

[VinceGuad]

Hrmmm ive never had that problem, I will try to look into it for you

[Steve11235]

That's a very odd message.

Are you using the Variables view to see the fields, or are you using Expressions?

[Eranga]

I think OP should have clear idea about object representing in Java. Once you use toString() just see an odd message as Steve says. But even that has a bit of meaning.

Are you using the Variables view to see the fields, or are you using Expressions?

Yes how about this?

[jwilley44]

Thanks for the responses. I figured out what was wrong yesterday. The problem was that I was using the gnu java libraries and compiler. Once I switched over to sun java 6 everything worked. Thanks again.

[Eranga]

So, you have found the solution. Please mark the thread as solved.

[jwilley44]

Thanks I will be sure to do that from now on

[Eranga]

That's nice, and keep going.