You already may be familiar with the Mark Object (F11) functionality available in IntelliJ IDEA's debugger. The feature allows tagging an arbitrary object with a colored text label. After an object is assigned a label, it becomes visible everywhere the object is displayed (Watches, Variables View, Evaluation Window etc.).
In IntelliJ IDEA 10 the feature has been extended and now you can reference marked object in debugger's expressions by the label.
In Evaluation dialog, Watches panel or breakpoint condition field a marked object can be referenced as if a local variable named <label-name&g
Referencing marked objects in expression evaluation
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