debugging - Debug in Eclipse - ClassNotFoundException

Question

when i debug in Eclipse a simple console application, I get a lot of ClassNotFoundException lines in the debug Window. It is not an error, somewhat lower in another pane I get "Source not found.". I understand that it is because the source code of the required class is not available, buI would like to skip over these lines... I have to press a lot of times the "step over" or "step out" button to get out of these states.

What can I do in order to avoid these useless lines at all?

Thanks

Answer 1

I've been having this problem for a few months now. I'd be debugging a java app and every time I'd hit a constructor, eclipse would try to find matching java core library ClassNotFoundException's source code.

I solved this problem by right-clicking in Debug window on the ClassNotFoundException when I hit it, and clicking on Filter Type. I would then right-click in the debug window again and choose Edit Step Filters.... In the Edit Step Filters window I checked everything in the Defined Step Filters section and unchecked everything in the bottom of the window (Filter synthetic methods, Filter static initializers, etc).

Hope this helps others in the future.