[platform-debug-dev] Variables View updated on DebugEvent.CLIENT_REQUEST

[Ronaldo Ronaldino <ronaldo_ronaldino@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,
I have problems extending the example http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Debugger/pda-plugins.zip from the article http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Debugger/how-to.html.

The PDA example works fine with eclipse 3.4 after a few minor upgrades.

I tried to modify it to work with a different debug engine than the "PDA" example. Everything still works fine except for one thing. The Variables View is automatically updated after pressing "resume" and "suspend", but not after pressing "step over".
Any ideas why the behaviour may be different although the same DebugEvents are fired as in the original example?

The EventDispatchJob of the example contains this part operating on suspend events:
>...
>} else if (event.startsWith("suspended")) {
>       if (event.endsWith("client")) {
>          suspended(DebugEvent.CLIENT_REQUEST);
>       } else if (event.endsWith("step")) {
>          suspended(DebugEvent.STEP_END);
>       } else if (event.indexOf("breakpoint") >= 0) {
>          breakpointHit(event);
>       }
>    }
>...

If I replace the line
>          suspended(DebugEvent.STEP_END);
with:
>          suspended(DebugEvent.CLIENT_REQUEST);
then the Variable View is updated after stepping, as well.

Am I supposed to fire a DebugEvent.CLIENT_REQUEST at the end of stepping? (Then why is STEP_END used, and why does STEP_END work in the example?)

Hope you can suggest what I should check although I cannot paste the complete modifications.

Thanks
Ronaldo