Java Virtual Machine (Java Series)

breakpoint

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Opcode 0xCA (202) is a reserved opcode with the mnemonic breakpoint. This opcode is reserved for internal use by a Java implementation, and must not appear in any class file - methods containing a breakpoint will fail verification.

In Sun's implementation, the breakpoint opcode is used internally as a place-holder indicating a point in a method where control should pass to the Java debugger (jdb).

Bytecode

impdep1, impdep2.

Java Virtual Machine, by Jon Meyer and Troy Downing, O'Reilly Associates