In my original message (still listed below), I included directions at the
bottom on how to do this. I am using JRun 2.3.3 as my servlet engine. I am
not using a full-blown application server (e.g., WebLogic).
I am not doing remote debugging -- I am debugging on the machine running the
servlet engine. However, I think that VC supports remote debugging, so it
may be possible. I don't have much need, though -- I just debug on my NT
box running JRun.
--
Stephen A. Williams
HNC Telecommunications Solutions
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Nicholson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 1:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: JSP/Servlet development with Visual Cafe
>
>
> Please tell how you have VC expert edition doing this.
>
> which application server are you remote debugging with it?
>
> I'd also like to hear from anybody who has JPadPro working
> with debugging
> servlets with Orion...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification
> and reference
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Williams, Stephen
> > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 5:21 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: JSP/Servlet development with Visual Cafe
> >
> >
> > Rath, Dipak wrote:
> > > I'm new to the world of JSP/Servlet. I'm about to be a part
> > > of a project and we intend to use jsp and servlet. We ordered
> > > Visual Cafe (expert edition) and realized that it does not
> > > support jsp and servlet development. I would like to know if
> > > some of you use visual cafe for jsp/servlet development and
> > > how do you go about it.
> >
> > We are using Visual Cafe Expert Edition for JSP & servlet
> development.
> > Although it doesn't directly support JSP & servlet
> development, you can
> > still use it to debug servlets (including compiled JSPs). It was
> > a pain in
> > the butt to get Visual Cafe configured to support this, but it
> > works nicely
> > once that is done.
> >
> > At the bottom of this message, I've included instructions on how to
> > configure Visual Cafe to debug servlets under JRun. I haven't
> > done this for
> > any other servlet engines, but it should work similarly.
> >
> > Of course, you could always upgrade to the Enterprise Edition of
> > Visual Cafe
> > -- it has built-in support for servlet development &
> deployment. However,
> > it lists for $2800 versus $800 for the Expert Edition!
> >
> > > Also I would like to know what are few good books on jsp?
> >
> > Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages
> > Marty Hall
> > Sun Microsystems Press
> > ISBN 0-13-089340-4
> >
> > Professional Java Server Programming
> > Wrox Press
> > ISBN 1-861002-77-7
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > How to configure Visual Café 4 Expert Edition
> > to run the JRun 2.3.3 servlet engine
> >
> > I have successfully configured Visual Café 4 Expert Edition to
> > run the JRun
> > engine (version 2.3.3 build 157). Below are the details of
> what I did to
> > get this working. The instructions are long, but it's
> really not that
> > difficult, and it's great to be able to debug your servlets
> and even JSPs.
> > Please let me know if you have any questions.
> >
> > Note: Whenever you see "..." in a pathname, you'll need to
> put in the
> > appropriate path to the installed product (Visual Café or
> JRun) on your
> > machine. For instance, on my machine, I installed Visual
> Café and JRun in
> > E:\, so I replace "..." with "E:\".
> >
> > 1. Replace Visual Café's version of jsdk.jar with a version
> that supports
> > JSP 1.0 / Servlet 2.1. This is necessary because the
> jsdk.jar that comes
> > with Visual Café only supports JSP 0.92 / Servlet 2.0. To
> do this, you'll
> > first need to get Sun's Java Servlet Development Kit 1.0.1
> (JSWDK1.0.1).
> > Then, you must combine the servlet.jar file from JSWDK1.0.1 with the
> > original jsdk.jar file from Visual Café. Note that the classes in
> > servlet.jar should override any duplicates in the original
> version of
> > jsdk.jar. You'll need to use the Java "jar" utility to do this.
> >
> > The jsdk.jar file is located in:
> >
> > ...\VisualCafé\Java\lib\jsdk.jar
> >
> > 2. Modified the classpath used by Visual Café's JVM's to include
> > everything
> > from the classpath used by the JRun engine. This is
> necessary so that
> > Visual Café can find all of the classes used by the JRun
> engine. The JRun
> > classpath that I added can be found in the "java.classpath"
> > property in the
> > following JRun property file:
> >
> > ...\JRun\jsm-default\properties\jsm.properties
> >
> > On my machine, the JRun classpath starts with the directory
> > "E:/JRun/classes" and contains 20+ paths. Note that you must
> > convert all of
> > the directory paths to use single back slashes ("\")
> instead of single
> > forward slashes ("/") or escaped back slashes ("\\"). For
> example, the
> > directory path "e:/jrun/classes" must be changed to
> > "e:\jrun\classes". This
> > is necessary for Visual Café to work properly.
> >
> > This JRun classpath must be added to two classpaths in Visual Café:
> > "Classpath for the VM" and "Classpath for the Compiler". Both of
> > those can
> > be set under "Tools->Options->Virtual Machines". I
> prepended the JRun
> > classpath to the existing ones in Visual Café. You'll need
> to restart
> > Visual Café after you do this for the changes to take effect.
> >
> > 3. In order for JSP pages to compile properly when running
> JRun in Visual
> > Café, you'll need to modify the "compiler" property in the
> jsp.properties
> > property file to contain an absolute path instead of a
> relative one. Note
> > that this file exists in two places, depending upon whether you
> > are running
> > the JRun engine with the JRun web server or with any other web
> > server (e.g.,
> > Apache, IIS, NES, etc.). For safety, change the value in
> both copies:
> >
> > ...\JRun\jsm-default\services\jse\properties\jsp.properties
> > ...\JRun\jsm-default\services\jseweb\properties\jsp.properties
> >
> > The original value for the "compiler" property will
> probably start with
> > "..\\bin\\jikesw.exe". That needs to be changed to something like
> > "E:\\JRun\\bin\\jikesw.exe".
> >
> > This step is necessary because the JRun engine expects to be
> > started up with
> > the current directory set to ...\JRun\jsm-default.
> However, Visual Café
> > runs programs with the current directory set to wherever
> your Visual Café
> > project file is located. I haven't found a way to tell
> Visual Café how to
> > run programs in a different directory.
> >
> > 4. Configure your project in Visual Café to run the
> appropriate JRun class
> > when debugging. This is done by setting your project options in
> > Visual Café
> > as follows:
> >
> > · Select "Project->Options"
> > · Select the "Project" tab.
> > · Set the Project Type to Application
> > · Set the Main Class to com.livesoftware.jrun.service.ServiceManager
> > · Set the Program Arguments to E:\JRun\jsm-default
> (assuming that JRun is
> > installed in "E:\").
> >
> > That's it. Now, when you select "Project->Run in Debugger" in
> > Visual Café,
> > it will start up the JRun engine. You can set breakpoints in
> > your servlets
> > and any other Java classes just like a non-servlet Java application.
> >
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