jdb, if next is applied, skips next block if there is 'if', 'while' or any other blocks after current line of execution.

To reproduce:

public class test {

    static String fnCall(String str) {
        return str;
    }

    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        String atr = fnCall("test this");
        if (atr.indexOf("th") != 0) {
            System.out.println ("\"th\" is inside the string");
        } else {
            System.out.println ("\"th\" is not inside the string");
        }
        atr = fnCall("test this");
    }
}


Cammands:
stop in test.main
next

Initializing jdb...
> stop in test.main
Deferring breakpoint test.main.
It will be set after the class is loaded.
> run
run test
>
VM Started: Set deferred breakpoint test.main

Breakpoint hit: thread="main", test.main(), line=10, bci=0
  10 String atr = fnCall("test this");

main[1] next
"th" is inside the string
main[1]
The application exited

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