I assume "attach" mode is further down the road, for either jdb or Jdebug mode?
One question about functionality: In either debugger, is it possible now, or expected, that if you get to a point where you're viewing the value of a ByteArrayOutputStream, to be able to dynamically view the contents as String (essentially view "new String(baos.toByteArray())")? > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Kinnucan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:15 AM > To: Karr, David > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Debugging remote 1.4.2 jvm > > > Karr, David writes: > > I've decided to try experimenting with the jde debugger to > see if it has > features that make it worth using over netbeans. > > > I first set "jde-debugger" to "Jdebug" in customize. > Should I be using > Jdebug for this, or "jdb"? > > > I'd start with using the JDEE's interface to jdb. I revised > the JDEE's debug infrastructure recently and ported jdb to > use the new infrastructure. Still to be done is to port > JDEbug. The jdb interface appears to be pretty solid based on > my use of it. > > I've been using it to debug an XML application. This requires > putting the debugger in listen mode and then starting the > other application. It works very nicely. I am able to step > through the code and examine variable values. > > Paul > > > > I'm not certain exactly what I'm supposed to set up now. > > > > I see the user guide mentions setting the "location of the > JPDA > libraries". It has examples for JDK 1.3 and 1.2.2, > but not 1.4.x. The > customize info for that variable > specifically says you only need to set > this variable for a > 1.2 JVM. > > > The "jre home" variable seems to be needed if I start the > debuggee > through the debugger. I'm not. I'm only going > to be remotely > connecting, so it appears that I wouldn't > set that variable. > > > I set the "Server Socket" variable to the JPDA port my > debuggee is > configured for. The customize info for this > variable seems ambiguous > whether this is the correct > variable to set. > > > At this point, the contents of the "Attach Process" menu > is grayed out, > so I can't select a server to connect to. > >
