Thank you, Curtis, that looks like an excellent suggestion! Could you elaborate on the exact <plugin>...</plugin> snippet I would need to drop into my pom.xml in order to achieve this?
If I could just `mvn exec:exec <Class>`, starting a jdb session on <Class>.main(), that would be *perfect*. On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Curtis Rueden <ctrue...@wisc.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > Rather than getting into an eclipse vs. vim vs. emacs flamewar, I'd rather > just ask: Andrew, did you try attaching your jdb to a running java instance > launched via exec-maven-plugin as I suggested yet? > > You can configure exec-maven-plugin in your pom so that launching the > compatible java process is as easy as "mvn exec:exec". You could even > specify jdb as the executable directly if that's what you want and then you > wouldn't even need the attachment step. Using profiles (yes, this is one of > their benign uses!) you can even set up multiple different behaviors of > exec:exec for different common situations. Really I don't think there is > any need whatsoever for a dedicated "mvn exec:jdb" here. > > -Curtis > On Oct 11, 2013 10:53 AM, "Andrew Pennebaker" <apenneba...@42six.com> > wrote: > > > Why would anyone want to do this? So we don't have to debug Maven > projects > > with Eclipse/IntelliJ, but the text editor of our choice. This is best > > accomplished by Maven tasks which interact with the command line jdb > tool. > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Russell Gold <r...@gold-family.us> > wrote: > > > > > Why do you want to do that? I suspect we are not getting at your actual > > > requirement. > > > > > > On Oct 10, 2013, at 2:25 PM, Andrew Pennebaker <apenneba...@42six.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, various Java IDEs can debug Java code, including Java code > > organized > > > > in Maven projects. What I'm interested in is debugging Java code in a > > > Maven > > > > project with an arbitrary text editor, not necessarily Eclipse or > > > Intellij, > > > > for example Emacs, or even Notepad, by invoking Maven tasks that > point > > to > > > > Maven plugins that interact with jdb. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Sankaran, Nambi <nsanka...@ebay.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> It very is easy to debug maven from eclipse, I have documented how I > > > debug > > > >> maven-jetty-plugin using eclipse > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > http://nambisankaran.wordpress.com/2012/06/30/running-jetty-server-with-maven/ > > > >> > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > >> From: Andrew Pennebaker [mailto:apenneba...@42six.com] > > > >> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 11:04 AM > > > >> To: Maven Users List > > > >> Subject: Re: Is there a Maven plugin for the Java debugger (jdb)? > > > >> > > > >> I could also use an IDE for package management, but I'd rather use > > plain > > > >> Maven and an arbitrary text editor instead. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Russell Gold <r...@gold-family.us > > > > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> The simplest way to do this is actually to run it in your IDE > > directly. > > > >>> IntellijIDEA community edition can import your maven project and > thus > > > >>> get all of the dependencies. Then you just run the program in the > > > >>> debugger. I presume Eclipse can do something similar. > > > >>> > > > >>> On Oct 10, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Andrew Pennebaker > > > >>> <apenneba...@42six.com> > > > >>> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> Yes. I'm looking for a task like `mvn jdb:debug <Class>` that > starts > > > >>>> a > > > >>> jdb > > > >>>> session on <Class>.main(). > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I can run jdb on individual Java code outside of a Maven > structure, > > > >>>> but > > > >>> I'm > > > >>>> not sure how to inform jdb of Java code in a Maven project, > Maven's > > > >>>> CLASSPATH handling, etc. etc. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Benson Margulies < > > > >>> bimargul...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> What would that mean? Do you want to execute the program in the > > > >>> debugger? > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Andrew Pennebaker > > > >>>>> <apenneba...@42six.com> wrote: > > > >>>>>> I'd like to run jdb over some of my classes in a Maven project. > Is > > > >>> there > > > >>>>> a > > > >>>>>> plugin I can drop into my pom.xml? > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >>>>> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>> > > > >>> ----------------- > > > >>> Author, Getting Started with Apache Maven < > > > >>> http://www.packtpub.com/getting-started-with-apache-maven/video> > > > >>> > > > >>> Come read my webnovel, Take a Lemon <http://www.takealemon.com>, > and > > > >>> listen to the Misfile radio play < > > > >>> http://www.fuzzyfacetheater.com/misfile/>! > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > ----------------- > > > Author, Getting Started with Apache Maven < > > > http://www.packtpub.com/getting-started-with-apache-maven/video> > > > > > > Come read my webnovel, Take a Lemon <http://www.takealemon.com>, > > > and listen to the Misfile radio play < > > > http://www.fuzzyfacetheater.com/misfile/>! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >