Inspect current exception in Eclipse debugger?

Question

If a Java application throws an unhandled exception, it causes Eclipse to break at that point. Is there a way to inspect the current exception? Basically, $exception from MSVS?

Answer 1

In think the problem described occurs when making use of Exception breakpoint, in which case you don't have access to the exception variable and can't inspect it in the variables view.

I found a "solution" to this problem in the following post: Breakpoint at exception in Eclipse - how to examine Exception object?

It is:

There is an option in the Eclipse Preferences that allows inspecting of the thrown exception:

Check Java -> Debug -> Open popup when suspended on exception

With this option there will be a popup allowing inspection of the exception.

Strange that this option is not checked by default as it is very useful !