Debug J2EE appl in Eclipse

[Bhumika Thakkar]

Hello,

Is there any way to debug a J2EE app in eclipse. If so please tell me how.

Thanks,

Bhumika.

[Bhumika Thakkar]

please help

[Tom Katz]

I was able to do this with Eclipse. I was running Jetty as an app-server. First, you should configure and enable support for your app-server in Windows/prefs/MyExclipse/Application Servers.

What I did then was deploy my .war file and run Jetty through eclipse. I could then hit servlet (but not JSP) breakpoints.

good luck

[Kedar Dravid]

I haven't tried the following, but from what I've heard, these options might be viable:
log4J
MyEclipse WorkBench

[Amol Fuke]

Bhoomika,

You need to start your server in debug mode and place breakpoint in the JSP,Java code.
Go to debug mode you will get the server name and its status.(started,stopped)Right click on the server name and click on debug.By doing this your server will start in debug mode and with the help of break points you can debug your application.

[Bhumika Thakkar]

I'm using Eclipse and I start/stop Tomcat manually. How do I configure a server in Eclipse? I think its possible in Websphere but not in Eclipse.

[Tom Katz]

Depending on your version, it should be what I mentioned earlier:

"First, you should configure and enable support for your app-server in Windows/prefs/MyExclipse/Application Servers."

[Bhumika Thakkar]

Got it!!!

set 2 environment variables:

set JPDA_TRANSPORT=dt_socket
set JPDA_ADDRESS=8000

start tomcat by
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catalina jpda start

Eclipse
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set breakpoints
debug as --> remote java application --> New


http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/faq/development.html
[ July 06, 2005: Message edited by: Bhumika Thakkar ]