The Debug perspective is where you test and debug a graphical representation of your message flows using the message flow debugger.
The Debug perspective contains the following views:
When you attach the flow debugger to the flow runtime engine, the Debug view displays the names of the following flow-related entities:
In the Debug view, you can perform the following debugging tasks:
The Breakpoints view and the Variables view share the same pane. Click one of the tabs to select the view that you want.
The Breakpoints view displays the breakpoints that are set in all instances of a selected flow. Each breakpoint is identified by one of two symbols (as also used in the Message Flow editor) as follows:
In the Breakpoints view, you can perform the following debugging tasks:
The Variables view and the Breakpoints view share the same pane. Click one of the tabs to select the view that you want.
The Variables view displays the messages that are currently traveling through the flow. Use the view to examine or change the content of a message in a flow during debugging.
The Message Flow editor also displays any breakpoints that are set in the flow. Each breakpoint is identified by a symbol as follows:
Also the editor displays the following symbol above a node:
In the Integration Development perspective, the Message Flow editor is used to create, graphically display, and edit flows. For details of the other uses of this editor, see the description in Message Flow editor and the tasks in Defining message flow content.