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ECLIPSE THEIA - MEMORY-INSPECTOR EXTENSION


## Description This extension contributes a set of widgets for viewing memory in different ways. ## Requirements This extension must be used in conjunction with a Debug Adapter that implements a `ReadMemoryRequest` handler or alternative custom request that returns memory data. It has been tested against the [CDT-GDB Adapter](https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt-gdb-adapter) used as the backend for the [CDT-GDB VSCode](https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt-gdb-vscode) plugin. This repository is configured to download that plugin as part of its build routine. If you intend to use this extension with a different debug adapter, you may need to implement a custom [`MemoryProvider`](./src/browser/memory-provider/memory-provider-service.ts) to handle any peculiarities of the requests and responses used by your adapter. ## Widgets ### Memory Widget The basic [`MemoryWidget` class](./src/browser/memory-widget/memory-widget.ts) is a wrapper around two functional widgets, a `MemoryOptionsWidget` and a`MemoryTableWidget`. The [`MemoryOptionsWidget`](./src/browser/memory-widget/memory-options-widget.tsx) is responsible for configuring the display and fetching memory, and the [`MemoryTableWidget`](./src/browser/memory-widget/memory-table-widget.tsx) renders the memory according to the options specified by the user in the `MemoryOptionsWidget`. The basic combination of these three classes offers variable highlighting, ascii display, and dynamic updating in response to events from the debug session, as well as the option to lock the view to ignore changes from the session. ### Diff Widget The [`MemoryDiffWidget`](./src/browser/diff-widget/memory-diff-widget-types.ts) is an elaboration of the `MemoryWidget` type that allows side-by-side comparison of the contents of two `MemoryWidgets`. ### Register Widget The [`RegisterWidget`](./src/browser/register-widget/register-widget-types.ts) offers functionality to view and manipulate those values when using a debug adapter that reports register contents. ### Editable Widget The [`MemoryEditableTableWidget`](./src/browser/editable-widget/memory-editable-table-widget.tsx) adds UI functionality to allow users to modify values in the table display and send them to a backend that supports that operation. ## Using the Widgets The widgets are created by the [`MemoryWidgetManager`](./src/browser/utils/memory-widget-manager.ts), and modifying the `createNewMemoryWidget()` method of that service allows you to change what kind of widget is instantiated and under what circumstances. The widgets get memory through the [`MemoryProviderService`](./src/browser/memory-provider/memory-provider-service.ts), which delegates to implementations `MemoryProvider` interface that are bound as `MemoryProvider` contributions. ## Additional Information - [API documentation for `@theia/memory-inspector`](https://eclipse-theia.github.io/theia/docs/next/modules/_theia_memory-inspector.html) - [Theia - GitHub](https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia) - [Theia - Website](https://theia-ide.org/) ## License - [Eclipse Public License 2.0](http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/) - [δΈ€ (Secondary) GNU General Public License, version 2 with the GNU Classpath Exception](https://projects.eclipse.org/license/secondary-gpl-2.0-cp) ## Trademark "Theia" is a trademark of the Eclipse Foundation