I don't use a proper IDE, I'm waiting till it's clear they are very good & I can get a fast response time. So some of what I said was in ignorance, but also many people don't use IDE's yet. I don't have time to keep trying them out - last year I tried, they clearly needed a monster computer to run. Is netbeans the best IDE? Are you happy with it? What sized machine to run on? Keith.
--- Sandeep Takhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not sure what is implied by the below messages: > > Using netbeans I am able to > > debug servlets > debug jsp's (a little buggy but it works) > debug action classes and form classes. > > I am not sure if this all works remotely or not. > > logging is always a good idea. > > Sandeep > --- "Kilmer, Erich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi Keith, > > Thanks for your reply. > > I do use already many of the techniques listed in > > your email as well as > > log4j. > > I do not have any problem catching errors in form > > and actions classes. > > I do have problem finding errors that come out of > > the html tags in JSPs. > > If there is a bad mapping and an html:form's action > > point to the mapping > > with a problem I do not see any errors in any of the > > logs. I have modified > > my error.jsp in hopes of seeing more but so far > > nothing. > > If I have better luck with this I will let the group > > know. > > Developing in Struts would be much faster if there > > was a way to diagnose > > such problems. > > Erich > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Keith Bacon > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 8:54 AM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Re: Question on Struts debugging - one more > > time > > > > > > I've not had better luck. I think it's the way it > > is. > > Here's how I do it - I'd like to know how others do. > > > > I use hundreds of log messages so I can trace the > > flow of my program. I make > > the method calls for > > logging easy to type - dbmd("a debug msg") or > > dbmw("warning message"). > > I code traces into action classes from the start. to > > show the perform method > > starting & ending so > > a dud struts config is found because the Action i > > expect to run doesn't log > > it's start. > > I check for null pointers all over the place & log a > > warning or throw an > > exception for them. > > I constantly restart the server (tomcat 3.2.2) to > > make weird problems go > > away. > > Auto class reloading doesn't work properly so - I > > restart after every > > compile. > > > > I use these 3 methods in jsp's & Action classes a > > lot, to check the contents > > of the session & > > request - this finds things left in the session by > > mistake. > > public static void > > printSessionAttributeNames(String caller, > > HttpSession session) { > > public static void > > printRequestAttributeNames(String caller, > > HttpServletRequest request) { > > public static void printRequestParameters(String > > caller, > > HttpServletRequest request) { > > I've attached the code for them, someone may find > > them useful - the codes a > > bit dodgy & old but > > it's easy to understand. > > > > I have my own logging code (from old servlet > > programming) but I want to use > > log4j (one day!) - You > > really need to be able to switch trace messages > > on/off without re-compiling > > classes or restarting > > the server. > > > > Only when it's quite reliable do I remove the > > messages. Often I just comment > > the mesages out in > > expectation it will go wrong in future. > > > > All in all a bit primitive compared to some > > (non-web) environments I've > > worked in. we're in the > > early days - things will get easier. We'll get > > informative/instructive > > messages that tell us what > > to do to put it right & we'll be able to step thru > > our action classes in the > > debugger. > > > > Happy bug hunting! - Keith > > > > > > --- "Kilmer, Erich" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thought I would give this one more try. Has anyone > > had better luck with > > > debugging problems caused by say bad action > > mappings, ie: mis-named action > > > classes, missing action forms etc. Currently when > > these problems are > > > encountered I see no useful error messages in any > > of my logs (even when > > > debug is set to 2). > > > Is this just the way that it is or have I failed > > to do something? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Erich > > > > > > Sent previously: > > > > > > I have been using Struts for some time now. My > > app's Struts config file > > has > > > almost 50 action mappings so I have been down this > > road a time or two. > > > Many times when adding a new mapping I run into > > errors though. For example > > > the latest on was where the mapping listed an > > action class called > > something > > > like UserCreateAction (package removed). But when > > I wrote the class itself > > I > > > named it UserAddAction. > > > Now when I built the app and moved to the Orion > > apps server and ran it > > when > > > I get to the JSP that references this action > > mapping I get a null > > exception. > > > Typically I do not catch exceptions in a JSP and > > the uncaught exceptions > > go > > > to my error JSP where it states that the exception > > is null. > > > So I go into my web.xml file and change the debug > > param to 2. I also > > changed > > > detail to 2. (By the way what does detail = 2 do?) > > > Then I re-ran everything after rebuilding and > > re-deploying. The app still > > > does the same thing. > > > OK, fine now I go to check the logs. I check the > > apps server log where > > > system outs go. I see no Struts messages except > > for the flurry of them at > > > startup. I look at the log4j error logs and see > > nothing. I also looked at > > > the apps servers application log where I see some > > Struts messages but see > > > nothing about this error. > > > > > > So my Struts debugging question is this. Are > > errors encountered when > > > converting the Struts tags in my JSP written > > anywhere? Is there more debug > > > settings I must make? Is there another log that I > > can check? > > > > > > I know this is a fairly simple example and I am > > getting better at > > debugging > > > them but it would be nice if there was someway to > > make this so I check the > > > log and it says that "Action class > > UserCreateAction does not exist". > > > > > > Let me know, > > > Erich Kilmer > > > Bell+Howell > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > > > === message truncated === > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! 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