Eclipse debugging / step into method skipping AOP wiring

Question

I'm debugging a SpringSource application in Eclipse 3.5 that makes heavy use of AOP to wire up the components.

If I want to step into a method of a class wired with AOP, I first have to step through around 20 layers of SpringSource wiring methods before reaching my own source code again.

Is there a way to configure Eclipse to skip the layers to which it has no source and step directly to my method?

Answer 1

Try Windows>Preferences>Java>Debug>Step Filtering. Check "Use Step Filters" and simply add the packages/classes you wouldn't to go in to the list. See http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/reference/views/debug/ref-usestepfilters.htm for more details.