Tomcat 5.5 and JSP debugging (JPDA settings)

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Created February 04, 2006 14:59

Tomcat 5.5.9
Intellij 5.02
JRE/JDK 1.5.04
OS: Windows XP SP 2

I can successfully get debugging of .jsp files to work under Tomcat locally,
but I think I am missing something in my understanding of how it should work
remotely.

When I debug my middleware code I build it and copy the .class files onto
the remote machine and start a debug session using the remote tab. I startup
the JVM and Tomcat on the remote machine with the following settings.

-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005

This means to me that the JVM has started and Tomcat has initialized but the
JVM is listening on port 5005 for a remote connection attempt from a
debugger.

When I want to debug .jsp code locally I pick Tomcat local settings on the
debug tab and start debugging. It uses the following settings to startup
Tomcat.

-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=mylocalmachine:1652,suspend=y,server=n

Intellij runs Tomcat via the batch files. I understand this to say that the
JVM starts up but does not initialize Tomcat yet and then waits to attach to
Intellij on port 1652. Tomcat then intializes after a successful debugger
connection.

When I want to debug remote .jsp code I copy the .jsp files onto the remote
server, pick the Tomcat/remote settings under the debugger and this is the
settings it suggests.

-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=mylocalmachine:1862,suspend=y,server=n

Now I do not understand this. When I start Tomcat with these settings, it
just exits. I assume that since server=n it exits when it does not find a
debugger.

I am confused how this is supposed to work.

William Crispin

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Permanently deleted user

Created March 02, 2006 02:29

I installed Intellij 5.1 and the settings for a remote Tomcat debugging
session were different then in 5.02. I am not sure if I was doing something
wrong but I have it working under 5.1 now.

Scot Crispin

"Scot Crispin" <wwscrispin@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Tomcat 5.5.9
Intellij 5.02
JRE/JDK 1.5.04
OS: Windows XP SP 2

I can successfully get debugging of .jsp files to work under Tomcat
locally, but I think I am missing something in my understanding of how it
should work remotely.

When I debug my middleware code I build it and copy the .class files onto
the remote machine and start a debug session using the remote tab. I
startup the JVM and Tomcat on the remote machine with the following
settings.

-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005

This means to me that the JVM has started and Tomcat has initialized but
the JVM is listening on port 5005 for a remote connection attempt from a
debugger.

When I want to debug .jsp code locally I pick Tomcat local settings on the
debug tab and start debugging. It uses the following settings to startup
Tomcat.

-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=mylocalmachine:1652,suspend=y,server=n

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Intellij runs Tomcat via the batch files. I understand this to say that
the JVM starts up but does not initialize Tomcat yet and then waits to
attach to Intellij on port 1652. Tomcat then intializes after a successful
debugger connection.

When I want to debug remote .jsp code I copy the .jsp files onto the
remote server, pick the Tomcat/remote settings under the debugger and this
is the settings it suggests.

-Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=mylocalmachine:1862,suspend=y,server=n

Now I do not understand this. When I start Tomcat with these settings, it
just exits. I assume that since server=n it exits when it does not find a
debugger.

I am confused how this is supposed to work.

William Crispin

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