Can I find out the return value before returning while debugging in Eclipse?

Solution 1:

This feature was added to Eclipse version 4.7 M2 under Eclipse bug 40912.

To use it:

• step over the return statement (using "Step Over" or "Step Return")
• now the first line in the variable view will show the result of the return statement, as "[statement xxx] returned: "

See Eclipse Project Oxygen (4.7) M2 - New and Noteworthy for details.

Solution 2:

Found a really good shortcut for this. Select the expression which returns the value and press

Ctrl + Shift + D

This will display the value of the return statement. This is really helpful in cases where you can't or don't want to change just for debugging purpose.

Hope this helps.

Note: Have not tested this with third party libraries, but it is working fine for my code. Tested this on Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers. Version: Juno Service Release 1