Point of exit from a method in Java

Question

In Eclipse, is there any way to find which return statement a method returned from without logging flags at every return statment?

For example:

@Override
 public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    if (this == obj) {
        return true;
    }
    if (obj == null) {
        return false;
    }
    if (!(obj instanceof ABC)) {
        return false;
    }
    ABC other = (ABC) obj;
    if (var1 == null) {
        if (other.var1 != null) {
            return false;
        }
    } else if (!var1.equals(other.var1)) {
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

In this case, how do I find out at which point my equals method returned?

Answer 1

No, but a more understandable and debug friendly code can be with a boolean local variable that represents the result.

then you can see with debugger who assign it when and the return value before returned.

Answer 2

No. This is one reason that some people prefer single point of exit: Why should a function have only one exit-point?

Note also the links in the first comment on that question.