@Exported public interface StepRequest extends EventRequest
event set containing a
 StepEvent will be placed on the
 EventQueue.
 The collection of existing StepRequests is
 managed by the EventRequestManagerStepEvent, 
EventQueue, 
EventRequestManager| Modifier and Type | Field and Description | 
|---|---|
| static int | STEP_INTOStep into any newly pushed frames | 
| static int | STEP_LINEStep to the next location on a different line | 
| static int | STEP_MINStep to the next available location | 
| static int | STEP_OUTStep out of the current frame | 
| static int | STEP_OVERStep over any newly pushed frames | 
SUSPEND_ALL, SUSPEND_EVENT_THREAD, SUSPEND_NONE| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| void | addClassExclusionFilter(String classPattern)Restricts the events generated by this request to those
 whose location is in a class whose name does not match a
 restricted regular expression. | 
| void | addClassFilter(ReferenceType refType)Restricts the events generated by this request to those whose
 location is in the given reference type or any of its subtypes. | 
| void | addClassFilter(String classPattern)Restricts the events generated by this request to those
 whose location is in a class whose name matches a restricted
 regular expression. | 
| void | addInstanceFilter(ObjectReference instance)Restricts the events generated by this request to those in
 which the currently executing instance ("this") is the object
 specified. | 
| int | depth() | 
| int | size() | 
| ThreadReference | thread() | 
addCountFilter, disable, enable, getProperty, isEnabled, putProperty, setEnabled, setSuspendPolicy, suspendPolicytoString, virtualMachinestatic final int STEP_INTO
static final int STEP_OVER
static final int STEP_OUT
static final int STEP_MIN
static final int STEP_LINE
ThreadReference thread()
int size()
int depth()
void addClassFilter(ReferenceType refType)
refType - the reference type to filter on.InvalidRequestStateException - if this request is currently
 enabled or has been deleted.
 Filters may be added only to disabled requests.void addClassFilter(String classPattern)
classPattern - the pattern String to filter for.InvalidRequestStateException - if this request is currently
 enabled or has been deleted.
 Filters may be added only to disabled requests.void addClassExclusionFilter(String classPattern)
classPattern - the pattern String to filter against.InvalidRequestStateException - if this request is currently
 enabled or has been deleted.
 Filters may be added only to disabled requests.void addInstanceFilter(ObjectReference instance)
 Not all targets support this operation.
 Use VirtualMachine.canUseInstanceFilters()
 to determine if the operation is supported.
instance - the object which must be the current instance
 in order to pass this filter.UnsupportedOperationException - if
 the target virtual machine does not support this
 operation.InvalidRequestStateException - if this request is currently
 enabled or has been deleted.
 Filters may be added only to disabled requests.
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