debugger: primative object inspection

lib/_debugger.js

@@ -210,6 +210,22 @@ Client.prototype.reqVersion = function(cb) {
 };
 
 
+Client.prototype.reqLookup = function(refs, cb) {
+  // TODO: We have a cache of handle's we've already seen in this.handles
+  // This can be used if we're careful.
+  var req = {
+    command: 'lookup',
+    arguments: {
+      handles: refs
+    }
+  };
+
+  this.req(req, function(res) {
+    if (cb) cb(res);
+  });
+};
+
+
 Client.prototype.reqEval = function(expression, cb) {
   var self = this;
   var req = {
@@ -225,9 +241,10 @@ Client.prototype.reqEval = function(expression, cb) {
   }
 
   this.req(req, function(res) {
-    console.error('reqEval res ', res.body);
-    self._addHandle(res.body);
-    if (cb) cb(res.body);
+    if (res.success) {
+      self._addHandle(res.body);
+    }
+    if (cb) cb(res);
   });
 };
 
@@ -307,6 +324,60 @@ Client.prototype.step = function(action, count, cb) {
 };
 
 
+Client.prototype.mirrorObject = function(handle, cb) {
+  var self = this;
+
+  if (handle.type == 'object') {
+    // The handle looks something like this:
+    // { handle: 8,
+    //   type: 'object',
+    //   className: 'Object',
+    //   constructorFunction: { ref: 9 },
+    //   protoObject: { ref: 4 },
+    //   prototypeObject: { ref: 2 },
+    //   properties: [ { name: 'hello', propertyType: 1, ref: 10 } ],
+    //   text: '#<an Object>' }
+
+    // For now ignore the className and constructor and prototype.
+    // TJ's method of object inspection would probably be good for this:
+    // https://groups.google.com/forum/?pli=1#!topic/nodejs-dev/4gkWBOimiOg
+
+    var propertyRefs = handle.properties.map(function(p) {
+      return p.ref;
+    });
+
+    this.reqLookup(propertyRefs, function(res) {
+      if (!res.success) {
+        console.error("problem with reqLookup");
+        if (cb) cb(handle);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      var mirror = {};
+      for (var i = 0; i < handle.properties.length; i++) {
+        var value = res.body[handle.properties[i].ref];
+        self._addHandle(value);
+        mirror[handle.properties[i].name] = value.text;
+      }
+
+      if (cb) cb(mirror);
+    });
+
+  } else if (handle.type == 'string') {
+    process.nextTick(function() {
+      cb(handle.text);
+    });
+
+  } else {
+    process.nextTick(function() {
+      cb(handle);
+    });
+  }
+};
+
+
+
+
 var commands = [
   'backtrace',
   'continue',
@@ -724,12 +795,16 @@ Interface.prototype.handleCommand = function(cmd) {
     } else {
       cmd = cmd.slice(i);
       client.reqEval(cmd, function(res) {
-        if (res) {
-          console.log(res.text);
-        } else {
-          console.log(res);
+        if (!res.success) {
+          console.log(res.message);
+          term.prompt();
+          return;
         }
-        term.prompt();
+
+        client.mirrorObject(res.body, function(mirror) {
+          console.log(mirror);
+          term.prompt();
+        });
       });
     }
 

test/simple/test-debugger-client.js

@@ -104,9 +104,10 @@ addTest(function (client, done) {
 addTest(function (client, done) {
   console.error("eval 2+2");
   client.reqEval("2+2", function (res) {
+    assert.ok(res.success);
     console.error(res);
-    assert.equal('4', res.text);
-    assert.equal(4, res.value);
+    assert.equal('4', res.body.text);
+    assert.equal(4, res.body.value);
     done();
   });
 });