Name: tb29552 Date: 07/24/2002


In the help output of jdb, we have:
 [...]
  <class id> or <exception-class id>: full class name with package
  qualifiers or a pattern with a leading or trailing wildcard ('*')
  NOTE: any wildcard pattern will be replaced by at most one full class
  name matching the pattern.
 [...]

The only jdb commands that support this wildcarding are
catch/ignore, and the implementation has flaws (bug ID 4671838).

Other uses of <class id> will not work properly if a
wildcard is present. This includes the following
jdb commands:

  class <class id> -- show details of named class
  methods <class id> -- list a class's methods
  fields <class id> -- list a class's fields
  stop in <class id>.<method>[(argument_type,...)]
  stop at <class id>:<line> -- set a breakpoint at a line
  clear <class id>.<method>[(argument_type,...)]
  clear <class id>:<line> -- clear a breakpoint at a line
  watch [access|all] <class id>.<field name>
  unwatch [access|all] <class id>.<field name>
  redefine <class id> <class file name>

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