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Re: [platform-debug-dev] Debug options.
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The debugger does not support JSP source level debugging "out of the box".
However, it is possible to implement JSP source level debugging on your
own.
To support debugging of any language that gets compiled to Java classes you
must provide the following:
1. An editor for the language.
2. A tool that mangles the debug information in the .class file. The debug
information should point to the line numbers in the original source.
Usually, the debug information contains references to the line numbers in
the intermediate Java source. This tool must be run after every compile of
the source.
3. A source locator: the source locator takes a stack frame and returns an
object that can be used as input to the editor
4. A launcher that understands how to start a program written in your
language. Currently, it must use the PatternDebugTarget when registering
with the debug plugin (rather than the JDIDebugTarget).
5. The ability to set breakpoints in your editor. You ask
PatternBreakpointFactory to create a new pattern breakpoint on a file, line
& with a given pattern. The pattern you supply is matched against the name
of the classfiles that are loaded. Currently it is a basic algorithm, we
simply check to see that the fully qualified name of the class starts with
the given pattern.
In the case of JSPs it's a little harder. JSPs are compiled by the
application server, so your post-processing of the classfiles (as required
by #2) must be built into the server. Also, launching is a bit more
confused because it requires you to start your server (or restart your
application).
jkca
"N V S Rama Krishna"
<ram_kri@xxxxxxxxx> To: <platform-debug-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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platform-debug-dev-admin@e Subject: [platform-debug-dev] Debug options.
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11/26/2001 04:06 PM
Please respond to
platform-debug-dev
Hi,
I would like to know if we can step into JSPs using the current Debugger
(The plugin that gets shipped )? To what extent it is possible. I
personally think its not possible but just want to confirm if I am missing
anything here. Shall be thankful if somebody can throw light on this issue.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Kris
