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calaedo
calaedo

Reputation: 333

How to debug external plugin in Eclipse?

I have a question regarding debuging an Eclipse plugin in production (Hibernate Tools).

I downloaded the source package from JBoss repo, but I am unable to view org.hibernate.eclipse.console.workbench.LazyDatabaseSchemaWorkbenchAdapter source code and add a breakpoint.

I am just running a normal Java EE instance of Eclipse.

Is it possible to do something like that?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 953

Answers (2)

Anton Krosnev
Anton Krosnev

Reputation: 4122

The steps are descibed quite well here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13330393/4916630

Install plugins only or download the complete JBoss Developer Studio (Luna) from here: http://tools.jboss.org/downloads/devstudio/luna/8.1.0.GA.html#marketplace

Now you will have plugin working in the IDE.

To remote debug your plug-in, first add debug arguments to your target Eclipse .ini file

-vmargs
-Xdebug
-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=1044

before launching it.

Then open another Eclipse instance with a workspace containing your plug-in project (here only source of the plugin is needed). Open Run > Debug Configurations..., select Remote Java Application and create a new configuration.

As Project, browse and select your plug-in project. Also fill in your connection properties (host of target Eclipse and port 1044).

Launching the newly created debug configuration allows you to debug your plug-in the same way you debug locally.

Upvotes: 0

flafoux
flafoux

Reputation: 2110

You need to import the plugin into your workspace :

Right click on explorer > Import ... > Plugin and fragments

then, on first page :

**Import From :** The active target platform
**Plugins and Fragments to Import :** Select from all plugins...
**Import As :** Project with source folder

On the second page :

Double click on the plugin wanted (probably org.hibernate.*)

Then finish, the plugin should be available as source for debugging in your workspace.

Upvotes: 1

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