Mule Debugger View Reference

This section contains a full description of the Mule Debugger View and all its available tools.

When the Mule Debugger starts, it points at the running Mule Runtime in Studio and waits for the Mule Event to reach its first active breakpoint.
Until then, the Mule Debugger View displays a placeholder message:

When the Mule Event stops at a Breakpoint, the Mule Debugger View displays information about the state of the Mule Event at that breakpoint:

To see any nested elements for a property, click the arrow next to the property name.

You can interact with your inspected element by right-clicking the element on your debugger view to display a contextual menu.

Value	Description
Update Value	Enables you to modify data on the fly to test flows.
Go to class	Opens the selected class.
Copy expression	Copies the Dataweave expression used to access the value (e.g.: payload.0.filename).
Add watch	Automatically adds a new watch with the expression to access the value to the Watches menu.
Copy value	Copies the Dataweave expression representing the structure of the selected object.

Value

Description

Update Value

Enables you to modify data on the fly to test flows.

Go to class

Opens the selected class.

Copy expression

Copies the Dataweave expression used to access the value (e.g.: payload.0.filename).

Add watch

Automatically adds a new watch with the expression to access the value to the Watches menu.

Copy value

Copies the Dataweave expression representing the structure of the selected object.

On the top right corner of the Mule Debugger View, you can find execution control tools for the Mule Debugger.

Icon Name Description Shortcut

Name	Description	Shortcut
Mute Breakpoints	Click to mute all the marked breakpoints.
Terminate	Click to stop the currently running application.
Evaluate Dataweave Expression	Click to evaluate a Dataweave expression.	`CMD+SHIFT+i` Linux and Windows: `Ctrl+SHIFT+i`
Next Processor	Click to run the application and stop at the next Event Processor in the flow, even if there is no breakpoint at the next processor.	`F6`
Run to Processor	Click to run the application and stop at the currently selected processor, even if there is no breakpoint at the currently selected processor. Emulates the behavior of the "Run to cursor" option in Java debuggers. (To select a processor, single-click its building block in the canvas.)	`F7`
Resume	Click to run the application until the next breakpoint, if any.	`F8`
Start Scheduler	When configuring a Scheduler in your Mule application, this option triggers the scheduler according to the frequency set in the poll scope.
Stop Scheduler	When configuring a Scheduler in your Mule application, this option it stops the initiated Scheduler. This function only works if the Scheduler has been initiated using the Start Scheduler button above.

mute-bp.icon

Mute Breakpoints

Click to mute all the marked breakpoints.

Terminate

Click to stop the currently running application.

Evaluate Dataweave Expression

Click to evaluate a Dataweave expression.

CMD+SHIFT+i

Linux and Windows:
Ctrl+SHIFT+i

Next Processor

Click to run the application and stop at the next Event Processor in the flow, even if there is no breakpoint at the next processor.

F6

Run to Processor

Click to run the application and stop at the currently selected processor, even if there is no breakpoint at the currently selected processor. Emulates the behavior of the "Run to cursor" option in Java debuggers. (To select a processor, single-click its building block in the canvas.)

F7

Resume

Click to run the application until the next breakpoint, if any.

F8

Start Scheduler

When configuring a Scheduler in your Mule application, this option triggers the scheduler according to the frequency set in the poll scope.

Stop Scheduler

When configuring a Scheduler in your Mule application, this option it stops the initiated Scheduler. This function only works if the Scheduler has been initiated using the Start Scheduler button above.