Is there a way to tell the debugger to stop just before returning, on whichever statement exits from the method, be it return, exception, or fall out the bottom? I am inspired by the fact that the Java editor shows me all the places that my method can exit - it highlights them when you click on the return type of the method declaration, (Mark Occurrences enabled).
[eclipse 3.4]
Put a breakpoint on the line of the method signature. That is where you write
public void myMethod() {
Then right-click on the breakpoint and select "Breakpoint Properties". At the bottom of the pop-up there are two checkboxes: "Method Entry", "Method Exit". Check the latter.
You can set a method breakpoint.
Double click in the margin next to the method declaration. A breakpoint with an arrow decoration appears. Right-clicking to examine the properties, you can set "Suspend on:" for "Method Entry" and/or "Method Exit".
You can read more about them in the Eclipse Cookbook.