Tomcat Remote Debug not working

[shukla_raghave]

Hi,

I am new to activiti. I am unable to start Tomcat in debug mode. I added the property tomcat.enable.debug=true in setup/build.properties but still eclipse could not listen to port 8000. Although when i directly start Tomcat using

catalina jpda start‍

the debugging works fine and eclipse could listen to the port 8000. I am unable to follow what else needs to be done? Please help.

[frederikherema1]

SO you start your tomcat using the demo-setup script? I suggest, for serious projects, just using/stopping/starting your own tomcat, this way you can do whatever you want with it.

[shukla_raghave]

Yes for now i am using demo scripts. But i don't understand why is the following segment not executing

<target name="internal.tomcat.enable.debug" if="tomcat.enable.debug">
    <echo>Enabling tomcat remote debugging … </echo>
    <replace file="${tomcat.home}/bin/startup.sh">
      <replacetoken><![CDATA[exec "$PRGDIR"/"$EXECUTABLE" start "$@"]]></replacetoken>
      <replacevalue><![CDATA[exec "$PRGDIR"/"$EXECUTABLE" jpda start "$@"]]></replacevalue>
    </replace>
    <replace file="${tomcat.home}/bin/startup.bat">
      <replacetoken><![CDATA[call "%EXECUTABLE%" start %CMD_LINE_ARGS%]]></replacetoken>
      <replacevalue><![CDATA[call "%EXECUTABLE%" jpda start %CMD_LINE_ARGS%]]></replacevalue>
    </replace>
  </target>
when i have added the property - tomcat.enable.debug=true - to build.properties. I dont see the echo message Enabling Tomcat in remote… on the console.  But when i use
catalina.bat jpda startto start tomcat it works fine…Why so ?

[frederikherema1]

Looks like your changes to build.properties aren't picked up. Double-check that you editing the right file. If so, I really don't have a flu why it's not working. It's pretty straight-forward the build.xml.

Double-check you don't have a file at <property file="${user.home}/.activiti/build.properties" /> that states the opposite of the debug-true…

[shukla_raghave]

No i dont have a file at location : ${user.home}/.activiti/build.properties. Rather i cant even find any such folder by name .activiti.
I am making changes to setup\build.xml.

When and where is .activiti folder created. I am using Windows 7 and what i have found is that user.home refers to %userprofile% in windows. when i type echo %userprofile% in cmd i get a path like C:\users\<machine_name>. but at this path i dont see any folder like .activiti. Can you guess what could be the reason or suggest me something.

Thanks in advance

[frederikherema1]

The folder doesn't have to exist, it's just taken into account for build.xml… So you're editing the build.properties that is in the same folder as the build.xml?

[shukla_raghave]

Yes, i am editing the build.properties in same folder as build.xml

[frederikherema1]

No idea why it's not working… If you're stuck, just remove the -if="tomcat.enable.debug"- part in your build.xml

[shukla_raghave]

probably i have figured out why it is not working . Its because of the value of default attribute of project tag i.e "demo.start" . if you see the script , demo.start target would not let target internal.tomcat.enable.debug execute. I am expecting this to be the reason not tested yet. But i expect this.

Ok i ahve tested, thats the reason now the change that i need to make is modify the target demo.start to add internal.tomcat.enable.debug to depends attribute

<target name="demo.start"
          description="Starts the demo setup and installs all components (if necessary)"
          depends="demo.install,
                   h2.start,
       internal.tomcat.enable.debug,
                   tomcat.start,
                   explorer.browser.open" />
Anyways thanks