Bug 27281 - The watch expressions don't persist across workbench invocations

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/org.eclipse.debug.core/core/org/eclipse/debug/core/IExpressionManager.java b/org.eclipse.debug.core/core/org/eclipse/debug/core/IExpressionManager.java
index 1bfb0be71..6c5b2a0d0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.debug.core/core/org/eclipse/debug/core/IExpressionManager.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.debug.core/core/org/eclipse/debug/core/IExpressionManager.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ package org.eclipse.debug.core;
 
 
 import org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IExpression;
+import org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IWatchExpression;
 import org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IWatchExpressionDelegate;
 
 /**
@@ -50,7 +51,16 @@ public interface IExpressionManager {
 	 * @param expressions the expressions to add
 	 * @since 2.1
 	 */
-	public void addExpressions(IExpression[] expressions);	
+	public void addExpressions(IExpression[] expressions);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates and returns a new watch expression with the
+	 * given text. The returned expression is <b>not</b> added to
+	 * this manager.
+	 * 
+	 * @param expressionText the text for the new expression
+	 */
+	public IWatchExpression newWatchExpression(String expressionText);
 		
 	/**
 	 * Returns a collection of all registered expressions,