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modified by <a href="https://community.jboss.org/people/snjeza">Snjezana Peco</a> in <i>JBoss Tools</i> - <a href="https://community.jboss.org/community/tools/blog/2012/01/24/jboss-source-lookup">View the full blog post</a>
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<div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>The JBoss Tools Source Lookup plugin automatically adds a source attachment when debugging JBoss AS servers. </p><p>The plugin has been tested with JBoss AS 7.x and JBoss AS 6.1. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><h4>Installing the JBoss Source Lookup plugin</h4><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><ul><li>install JBoss Tools 3.3 as described in  <a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="https://community.jboss.org/community/tools/blog/2011/12/18/learn-java-ee-6-quickly-using-jboss-central">Learn Java EE 6 quickly using JBoss Central</a></li><li>call Help>Install New Software..., click the Add button and enter the following update site: </li></ul><p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/jbosstools/workspace/snjeza/org.jboss.tools.as.sourcelookup.updatesite/">https://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/jbosstools/workspace/snjeza/org.jboss.tools.as.sourcelookup.updatesite/</a></p><p><a href="https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-4482-17822/lookupblog1.png"><span> https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-4482-17822/450-382/lookupblog1.png </span></a></p><p>Install the JBoss Tools Source Lookup category and restart Eclipse.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><h4>Using the JBoss Source Lookup plugin</h4><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><ul><li>set up the central JBoss Maven repository as explained in: <a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="https://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-15169">Maven Getting Started - Users</a></li><li>create the jboss-as-helloworld project by following the instructions in <a class="jive-link-blog-small" href="https://community.jboss.org/community/tools/blog/2011/12/18/learn-java-ee-6-quickly-using-jboss-central">Learn Java EE 6 quickly using JBoss Central</a> </li><li>wait for Maven to refresh indexes </li></ul><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>The use and debugging of this plugin is demonstrated in the following screencast: <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://screencast.com/t/i6k9hzkjViOs">Debugging JBoss AS server</a>.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>The JBoss Source Lookup plugin enhances source attachment in the following way: </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><ul><li>archive file doesn't have to be in the maven classpath</li><li>archive file doesn't have to be included in the classpath (jbossweb-*.jar, for instance). The JBoss Source Lookup plugin will find a class within a JBoss AS distribution and, if it is a Maven artifact, the plugin will attach the corresponding source.</li><li>archive file doesn't have to be in the m2e index (jbossjts-4.16.0.Final.jar, for instance)</li></ul><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>You don't have to add any JBoss AS Runtime to the classpath. I have added it in order to ensure the classes within the runtime are included in the Java Search and in order to be easier to add a breakpoint. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><h4>Debugging Apache Tomcat and Glassfish servers</h4><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>The JBoss Source plugin can serve to debug other servers.</p><p>If a server includes mavenized archives, the JBoss Source container will find, download, and show source files. <br/>I have tested the Apache Tomcat 7.0.25 and Glassfish 3.1.1. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>If you want to debug Apache Tomcat and/or Glassfish, you have to do the following: </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><ul><li>create some Apache Tomcat/Glassfish server<p><a href="https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-4482-17852/lookupblog3.png"><span> https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-4482-17852/450-71/lookupblog3.png </span></a></p></li><li>open the server editor<p><a href="https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-4482-17854/lookupblog4.png"><span> https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-4482-17854/450-230/lookupblog4.png </span></a></p></li><li>click <strong>Open launch configuration</strong> and select the <strong>Source</strong> tab<p><a href="https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-4482-17855/lookupblog5.png"><span> https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-4482-17855/450-404/lookupblog5.png </span></a></p></li><li>click the <strong>Add</strong> button and select the <strong>JBoss AS Source Container</strong><p><a href="https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-4482-17857/lookupblog6.png"><span> https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-4482-17857/310-225/lookupblog6.png </span></a></p></li><li>JBoss AS servers will be automatically recognized and you can choose them by clicking a server <br/>As to other servers, you need to click the <strong>Choose Home</strong> button, select all the directories in which the server's archives are placed. </li></ul><p>        If you debug Tomcat, you can choose $TOMCAT_HOME/lib.  When debugging Glassfish, you can choose $GLASSFISH_HOME/lib and $GLASSFISH_HOME/modules. <br/>        You can add as many JBoss AS Source containers as you want.</p><p><a href="https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-4482-17858/lookupblog7.png"><span> https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-4482-17858/310-295/lookupblog7.png </span></a></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><ul><li>move a JBoss Source container(s) to the end (optional)<p><a href="https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-4482-17859/lookupblog8.png"><span> https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-4482-17859/310-369/lookupblog8.png </span></a></p></li><li>you can add a Server Runtime container to the project's classpath (optional)<p><a href="https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-4482-17860/lookupblog9.png"><span> https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-4482-17860/254-211/lookupblog9.png </span></a></p></li><li> start the server in the debug mode<p><a href="https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-4482-17861/lookupblog10.png"><span> https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-4482-17861/450-218/lookupblog10.png </span></a></p><strong>StandardWrapper.java</strong> is placed in the glassfish's <strong>web-core.jar</strong>.   <br/>The Source Lookup plugin finds this archive's source and shows it in the editor. </li></ul><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>In a similar way you can debug Apache Tomcat server.</p><p><a href="https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-4482-17862/lookupblog12.png"><span> https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-4482-17862/450-217/lookupblog12.png </span></a></p><p>The<strong> ApplicationFilterChain.java</strong> is placed in the Tomcat's <strong>catalina.jar</strong> archive. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>The Source Lookup plugin finds source for a mavenized archive as follows: </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><ul><li>using the m2e API</li><li>using the archive's metadata (META-INF/maven)</li><li>using nexus repositories that can be defined using the Source Lookup preferences page<p><a href="https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-4482-17863/lookupblog11.png"><span> https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-4482-17863/450-259/lookupblog11.png </span></a></p></li></ul><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>The Source Lookup preferences page enables you to add/remove, enable/disable and/or change ordering of Nexus repositories. </p><p>You can see that the <strong>helloworld</strong> project I have used in this blog, <strong>is not a maven project</strong> (it doesn't contain the maven icon). <br/>JBoss Source Lookup plugin can be used to debug any Java project. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>The plugin doesn't have to be used for debugging only. </p><p>It will find, download and open a source file for a mavenized archive included in the classpath when double-clicking a class file in the <strong>Package Explorer</strong> view, opening it using <strong>Navigate>Open Type</strong> or some other way. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>The JBoss Source Lookup plugin can be used for any Java project and any launch configuration. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p><strong>Note</strong>: When starting debugging the first time, it could take some time until m2e updates indexes and the JBoss Source lookup plugin scans the container's directory. </p></div>
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