Creating Custom Debugging Displays For Your Classes

Points to remember while setting debugger display:

1. Debugger identifies only the Property name placed inside the curly brace {Property}.
2. Example: {Name}={PropertyName}.
3. Nested Class Example : {ClassName.PropertyName}={Product.Name}.

Step 1: Namespaces used:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

Step 2: Usage:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Book book = new Book();
book.Name = "Practical Demo";
book.Title = "CSharp";
book.Register = DateTime.Today;

Product product=new Product();
product.Name = "Programming";
book.Product = product;

}

Step 3: Class for demo:

[DebuggerDisplay("BookTitle{Title}-- {Name} , {Register}--{Product.Name}")]
public class Book
{
public string Title;
public DateTime Register;
public string Name;
public Product Product;
}

Step 4: Nested class for demo:

[DebuggerDisplay("ProductName{Name}")]
public class Product
{
public string Name;
}

Step 5: Format of Class Debugger Display:

[DebuggerDisplay("ProductName{Name}")]

Step 6: Format of Nested Class Debugger Display:

[DebuggerDisplay("BookTitle{Title}-- {Name} , {Register}--{Product.Name}")]

Step 7: Output:





Code Snippet:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace SampleApplication.New
{
public partial class DebuggerDisplatClass : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Book book = new Book();
book.Name = "Practical Demo";
book.Title = "CSharp";
book.Register = DateTime.Today;

Product product=new Product();
product.Name = "Programming";
book.Product = product;
}
}

[DebuggerDisplay("BookTitle{Title}-- {Name} , {Register}--{Product.Name}")]
public class Book
{
public string Title;
public DateTime Register;
public string Name;
public Product Product;
}

[DebuggerDisplay("ProductName{Name}")]
public class Product
{
public string Name;
}
}

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