The XQuery Debugger perspective allows you to detect problems in an XQuery transformation
process by executing the process step by step in a controlled environment and inspecting the
information provided in the special views. To switch the focus to this perspective, select the XQuery Debugger button in the
top-right corner of Oxygen XML Editor
or select XQuery
Debugger from the menu.
The workspace in this perspective is organized as an editing area assisted by special helper views. The editing area contains editor panels that you can split horizontally or vertically in a stack of XML editor panels and a stack of XQuery editor panels. The XML files and XQuery files can be edited in Text mode only.
- Menus
- Provides menu driven access to all the features and functions available in the XQuery Debugger.
- Toolbars
- Contains all actions needed in order to configure and control the debugging process. The toolbars can be configured to suit your specific needs.
- XML Source Pane
- The editing pane where you can display and edit data or document-oriented XML documents.
- XQuery Source Pane
- The editing pane where you can display and edit XQuery files.
- Output View
- Displays the transformed output that results from the input of a selected document (XML) and selected XQuery document to the XQuery transformer. The result of transformation is dynamically written as the transformation is processed. There are two types of views for the output: a text view (with XML syntax highlight) and an XHTML view.
- Debugging Information Views
- Presented in two panes, they display various types of information that can be used to
understand the transformation process. For each information type there is a
corresponding tab. While running a transformation, relevant events are displayed in the
various information views. This allows you to obtain a clear view of the transformation
progress. See the Debugging
Information Views topic for a list of all the information views (and links to
more details on each view).Note: You are able to add XPath expression automatically in the XWatch view using the Watch expression action from the contextual menu. If you select an expression, or a fragment of it, and then click Watch expression in the contextual menu, the entire selection is presented in the XWatch view. Expressions displayed in the XWatch view are normalized (unnecessary white spaces are removed from the expression).