Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

org.eclipse.debug.core.model
Interface IMemoryBlockRetrievalExtension

All Superinterfaces:
IMemoryBlockRetrieval

public interface IMemoryBlockRetrievalExtension
extends IMemoryBlockRetrieval

Extended capabilites for memory block retrieval. Supports the retrival of memory blocks based on an expression and context.

Since:
3.1

Method Summary
 IMemoryBlockExtension getExtendedMemoryBlock(String expression, Object context)
          Retrieves and returns a memory block.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IMemoryBlockRetrieval
getMemoryBlock, supportsStorageRetrieval
 

Method Detail

getExtendedMemoryBlock

public IMemoryBlockExtension getExtendedMemoryBlock(String expression,
                                                    Object context)
                                             throws DebugException
Retrieves and returns a memory block.

Parameters:
expression - expression to be evalutated to an address
context - context for evaluating the expression. This is typically a debug element.
Returns:
a memory block based on the given expression and context
Throws:
DebugException - if unable to retrieve the specified memory

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.1

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