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<h2>Using Source Debugger APIs</h2>
<p>The Source Debugger APIs can be used to write debuggers for the iSeries<SUP>(TM)</SUP>. The
users of these APIs include:</p>
<ul>
<li>The source debugger that is shipped with the i5/OS<SUP>(R)</SUP> licensed program. A
<strong>source debugger</strong> is a tool for debugging Integrated Language
Environment (ILE) programs or original program model (OPM) programs by
displaying a representation of their source code.<br>
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</li>
<li>Any other debugger that IBM<SUP>(R)</SUP> or a business partner writes.</li>
</ul>
<p>Debugger functions are designed to help you write and maintain your
applications. You can run your programs in a special testing environment while
closely observing and controlling the processing of these programs in the
testing environment. You can write a debugger application that interacts with
the APIs provided in this chapter, or you can use the debugger provided with
the system.</p>
<p>No special commands specifically for testing are contained in the program
being tested. The same program being tested can run normally without changes.
All debugger APIs must be called within the job in which the Start Debug
(STRDBG) command is issued. The debugger APIs should not be called from within
the program being tested. With the debugger APIs provided, you interact with
your programs symbolically in the same terms as the high-level language (HLL)
in the program. You refer to variables by their names and to locations as the
line and the column within a view. In addition, the debugger functions are only
applicable to the job in which they are set up. The same program can be used at
the same time in another job without being affected by the debugger functions
set up.</p>
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