diff --git a/platform/xdebugger-impl/testSrc/com/intellij/xdebugger/XDebuggerTestUtil.java b/platform/xdebugger-impl/testSrc/com/intellij/xdebugger/XDebuggerTestUtil.java
index e11ac871e3b4..7d98cf9b03a2 100644
--- a/platform/xdebugger-impl/testSrc/com/intellij/xdebugger/XDebuggerTestUtil.java
+++ b/platform/xdebugger-impl/testSrc/com/intellij/xdebugger/XDebuggerTestUtil.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2014 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ public class XDebuggerTestUtil {
     return container.waitFor(timeout).first;
   }
 
+  public static List<XValue> collectVariables(XStackFrame frame) throws InterruptedException {
+    XTestCompositeNode container = new XTestCompositeNode();
+    frame.computeChildren(container);
+    return container.waitFor(TIMEOUT).first;
+  }
+
   public static Pair<XValue, String> evaluate(XDebugSession session, XExpression expression) {
     return evaluate(session, expression, TIMEOUT);
   }