Implementation of the 'Change Variable Value' action.

debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/CDebugCorePlugin.java

@@ -116,6 +116,20 @@ public class CDebugCorePlugin extends Plugin
 		getDefault().getLog().log( status );
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Logs the specified message with this plug-in's log.
+	 * 
+	 * @param status status to log
+	 */
+	public static void log( String message )
+	{
+		getDefault().getLog().log( new Status( IStatus.ERROR, 
+											   CDebugModel.getPluginIdentifier(),
+											   INTERNAL_ERROR, 
+											   message, 
+											   null ) );
+	}
+	
 	private void initializeDebugConfiguration() {
 		IPluginDescriptor descriptor= getDefault().getDescriptor();
 		IExtensionPoint extensionPoint= descriptor.getExtensionPoint("CDebugger");

debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CDebugElement.java

@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ public class CDebugElement extends PlatformObject
 		logError( e );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Logs the given message.
+	 * 
+	 * @param message the message
+	 */
+	public void internalError( String message )
+	{
+		logError( message );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Convenience method to log errors
 	 * 
@@ -88,6 +98,15 @@ public class CDebugElement extends PlatformObject
 		CDebugCorePlugin.log( e );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Convenience method to log errors
+	 * 
+	 */
+	protected void logError( String message ) 
+	{
+		CDebugCorePlugin.log( message );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Fires a debug event
 	 * 

debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/core/model/CModificationVariable.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.model.ICDIExpression;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.model.ICDIStringValue;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.model.ICDIStructureValue;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.model.ICDIValue;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.model.ICDIVariable;
 import org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugEvent;
 import org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugException;
 import org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IValue;
@@ -64,30 +65,7 @@ public abstract class CModificationVariable extends CVariable
 	 */
 	public boolean verifyValue( String expression )
 	{
-		try
+		return true;
-		{
-			ICDIValue vmValue = generateValue( expression );
-			return vmValue != null;
-		}
-		catch( DebugException e )
-		{
-			logError( e );
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
-
-	protected ICDIValue generateValue( String expression ) throws DebugException
-	{
-		ICDIValue value = null;
-		try
-		{
-			value = getCDITarget().evaluateExpressionToValue( expression );
-		}
-		catch( CDIException e )
-		{
-			targetRequestFailed( MessageFormat.format( ERROR_MESSAGE, new String[] { expression } ), null );
-		}
-		return value;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -103,19 +81,26 @@ public abstract class CModificationVariable extends CVariable
 	 */
 	public final void setValue( String expression ) throws DebugException
 	{
-		ICDIValue value = generateValue( expression );
+		ICDIVariable cdiVariable = getCDIVariable();
-
+		if ( cdiVariable == null )
-		if ( value == null )
 		{
-			targetRequestFailed( MessageFormat.format( ERROR_MESSAGE, new String[] { expression } ), null );
+			logError( "Error in IValueModification#setValue: no cdi variable." );
+			requestFailed( "Unable to set value.", null );
+		}
+		try
+		{
+			cdiVariable.setValue( expression );
+		}
+		catch( CDIException e )
+		{
+			targetRequestFailed( e.getMessage(), null );
 		}
-
-		setValue( value );
-		fireChangeEvent( DebugEvent.CONTENT );
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Set this variable's value to the given value
 	 */
 	protected abstract void setValue( ICDIValue value ) throws DebugException;
+	
+	protected abstract ICDIVariable getCDIVariable();
 }