How can I set the current line of execution in the eclipse java debugger?

Question

I want to force the current execution line to a specific line in the same function, possibly skipping intermediate lines. All my old school debuggers had this feature, but I

Answer 1

Feature request saying it is not possible

In https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=287795 (credits to Amitd) Darin Wright says it is a limitation of the underlying Java debugger:

Currently, this is not possible with the Java debugger as the native debug interface does not provide the ability to move/set the program counter arbitrarily.

C / C++

CDT supports it however (tested on Neon, Ubuntu 14.04). Right click on the line you want to go to, and select either:

• "Move to line": jump to line and break there
• "Resume at line": jump to line and continue execution from there

This also serves as further evidence that there is an underlying Java limitation, as Java tends to be more feature rich in Eclipse, and those menu entries are not present in Java next to "Run to line" (which does not skip execution of lines).

This test program prints 0 if you jump the line i = 1:

#include 

int main(void) {
    int i;
    i = 0; /* Break here. */
    i = 1;
    printf("%d\n", i); /* Jump to here. */
}