diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/cdi/ICDIVariableManager.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/cdi/ICDIVariableManager.java
index a485a91f03a..449e8f660b1 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/cdi/ICDIVariableManager.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/cdi/ICDIVariableManager.java
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ public interface ICDIVariableManager extends ICDIManager {
 	ICDIVariableObject getVariableObject(String filename, String function, String name) throws CDIException;
 
 	/**
-	 * Method createVariable.
-	 * Use the current stackframe to return an ICDIVariable.
-	 * A null stack means to use the current stackframe.
+	 * Use the stackframe to return an ICDIVariableObject for name.
 	 *
 	 * @param stack
 	 * @param name
@@ -53,6 +51,24 @@ public interface ICDIVariableManager extends ICDIManager {
 	 */
 	ICDIVariableObject getVariableObject(ICDIStackFrame stack, String name) throws CDIException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Consider the variable object as an Array of type and range[start, end]
+	 * @param stack
+	 * @param name
+	 * @return ICDIVariableObject
+	 * @throws CDIException
+	 */
+	ICDIVariableObject getVariableObjectAsArray(ICDIVariableObject var, String type, int start, int end) throws CDIException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Consider the variable object as type.
+	 * @param stack
+	 * @param name
+	 * @return ICDIVariableObject
+	 * @throws CDIException
+	 */
+	ICDIVariableObject getVariableObjectAsType(ICDIVariableObject var, String type) throws CDIException;
+
 	/**
 	 * Method getVariableObjects.
 	 * Returns all the local variable objects of that stackframe.
@@ -74,7 +90,6 @@ public interface ICDIVariableManager extends ICDIManager {
 	 */
 	ICDIVariable createVariable(ICDIVariableObject var) throws CDIException;
 
-
 	/**
 	 * Method getArgumentObject.
 	 * Returns a argument Object that will hold the name and the stackframe.
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/VariableManager.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/VariableManager.java
index 0d49fc037bd..770f414b57f 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/VariableManager.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/VariableManager.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.cdi.model.ArgumentObject;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.cdi.model.Variable;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.cdi.model.VariableObject;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.CommandFactory;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIPType;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIStackListArguments;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIStackListLocals;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.command.MIVarCreate;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.event.MIVarChangedEvent;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.event.MIVarDeletedEvent;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIArg;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIFrame;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIPTypeInfo;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIStackListArgumentsInfo;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIStackListLocalsInfo;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.output.MIVar;
@@ -282,15 +284,28 @@ public class VariableManager extends SessionObject implements ICDIVariableManage
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.ICDIVariableManager#getVariableArrayObject(ICDIVariableObject, String, int, int)
+	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.ICDIVariableManager#getVariableObjectAsArray(ICDIVariableObject, String, int, int)
 	 */
-	public ICDIVariableObject getVariableArrayObject(ICDIVariableObject object, String type, int start, int end) throws CDIException {
+	public ICDIVariableObject getVariableObjectAsArray(ICDIVariableObject object, String type, int start, int end) throws CDIException {
 		if (object instanceof VariableObject) {
 			VariableObject obj = (VariableObject)object;
 			StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
 			buffer.append("*(");
 			buffer.append('(');
 			if (type != null && type.length() > 0) {
+				// Check if the type is valid.
+				try {
+					MISession mi = ((Session)getSession()).getMISession();
+					CommandFactory factory = mi.getCommandFactory();
+					MIPType ptype = factory.createMIPType(type);
+					mi.postCommand(ptype);
+					MIPTypeInfo info = ptype.getMIPtypeInfo();
+					if (info == null) {
+						throw new CDIException("No answer");
+					}
+				} catch (MIException e) {
+					throw new MI2CDIException(e);
+				}
 				buffer.append('(').append(type).append(')');
 			}
 			buffer.append(obj.getName());
@@ -305,6 +320,37 @@ public class VariableManager extends SessionObject implements ICDIVariableManage
 		throw new CDIException("Unknown variable object");
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.ICDIVariableManager#getVariableObjectAsArray(ICDIVariableObject, String, int, int)
+	 */
+	public ICDIVariableObject getVariableObjectAsType(ICDIVariableObject object, String type) throws CDIException {
+		if (object instanceof VariableObject) {
+			VariableObject obj = (VariableObject)object;
+			StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+			if (type != null && type.length() > 0) {
+				// Check if the type is valid.
+				try {
+					MISession mi = ((Session)getSession()).getMISession();
+					CommandFactory factory = mi.getCommandFactory();
+					MIPType ptype = factory.createMIPType(type);
+					mi.postCommand(ptype);
+					MIPTypeInfo info = ptype.getMIPtypeInfo();
+					if (info == null) {
+						throw new CDIException("No answer");
+					}
+				} catch (MIException e) {
+					throw new MI2CDIException(e);
+				}
+				buffer.append('(').append(type).append(')');
+			}
+			buffer.append('(');
+			buffer.append(obj.getName());
+			buffer.append(')');
+			return new VariableObject(obj, buffer.toString());
+		}
+		throw new CDIException("Unknown variable object");
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @see org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.ICDIVariableManager#getVariableObjects(ICDIStackFrame)
 	 */