From bf55685204fb0ead7ea2f5ccb38205565580d621 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kamil Krzywanski <kamilkrzywanski01@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:04:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix "Save Value to File" for large debugger strings (#9452)

Keep shortened-string metadata in a strong map and resolve quoted
Variable.getValue() forms so Save can stream the full remote content
instead of the truncated 100k+"..." preview.
---
 .../debugger/jpda/models/ShortenedStrings.java  | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/java/debugger.jpda/src/org/netbeans/modules/debugger/jpda/models/ShortenedStrings.java b/java/debugger.jpda/src/org/netbeans/modules/debugger/jpda/models/ShortenedStrings.java
index 85558c67168f..6835889f54dd 100644
--- a/java/debugger.jpda/src/org/netbeans/modules/debugger/jpda/models/ShortenedStrings.java
+++ b/java/debugger.jpda/src/org/netbeans/modules/debugger/jpda/models/ShortenedStrings.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@
  */
 public final class ShortenedStrings {
     
-    private static final Map<String, StringInfo> infoStrings = new WeakHashMap<String, StringInfo>();
+    private static final Map<String, StringInfo> infoStrings = new HashMap<String, StringInfo>();
     private static final Map<StringReference, StringValueInfo> stringsCache = new WeakHashMap<StringReference, StringValueInfo>();
     private static final Set<StringReference> retrievingStrings = new HashSet<StringReference>();
     private static final Map<VirtualMachine, Boolean> isLittleEndianCache =
@@ -85,7 +86,6 @@ public final class ShortenedStrings {
 
             @Override
             public void sessionRemoved(Session session) {
-                // Clean up. WeakHashMap does not clean up if not touched. :-(
                 int n = DebuggerManager.getDebuggerManager().getSessions().length;
                 if (n == 0) {
                     synchronized (infoStrings) {
@@ -107,8 +107,19 @@ public void sessionRemoved(Session session) {
     private ShortenedStrings() {}
     
     public static StringInfo getShortenedInfo(String s) {
+        if (s == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
         synchronized (infoStrings) {
-            return infoStrings.get(s);
+            StringInfo info = infoStrings.get(s);
+            if (info != null) {
+                return info;
+            }
+            // Variable.getValue() wraps Strings in quotes: "content..."
+            if (s.length() >= 2 && s.charAt(0) == '"' && s.charAt(s.length() - 1) == '"') {
+                return infoStrings.get(s.substring(1, s.length() - 1));
+            }
+            return null;
         }
     }