[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Resolved: (JBIDE-5739) Missing Server Console

[Rob Stryker (JIRA)]

     [ https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-5739?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Rob Stryker resolved JBIDE-5739.
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    Resolution: Won't Fix


This is a by-design feature of eclipse and has been discussed here a few times. 

The console tab can be used by many things. One of the biggest users, obviously, is to look at the console of launched java programs, servers, etc.  

In order to minimize bundle activations, the console is built on extension points. Contributors can share their findings with the console, rather than the console going and searching for participants. 

What this means is that upon a fresh install, assuming you have not yet switched to the debug perspective, the debug.ui plugin is *not* loaded yet. The debug.ui plugin is the one which contributes the data to the console. So since this bundle is not yet loaded, it cannot share its findings with the console.

The ways to fix this are many, but it boils down to activating the debug.ui bundle. There are a few ways to do it. Switch to the debug perspective, open the debug-as launch configuration tab, or in the server-view, right-click on the server and select "show in -> console". 

Each of these things should force-load the debug.ui plugin and allow that plugin to contribute its findings to the console. 

> Missing Server Console
> ----------------------
>
>                 Key: JBIDE-5739
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-5739
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: JBossAS
>         Environment: jbdevstudio-win32-3.0.0.v201001060655N-H50-CR1
>            Reporter: Burr Sutter
>            Assignee: Rob Stryker
>         Attachments: Console_Tab_Issue.pdf
>
>
> The Console Tab (Java EE perspective) does not display the server output upon a new installation nor after an "eclipse.exe -clean".
> See attached document for my flow.
> The workaround was captured by Aaron in this document:
> http://community.jboss.org/wiki/SOA-P43WorkshopLabExamples
> Page 22 of the PDF file says
> "Sometimes the console tab does not show the output of the server. If it does not, click on the "Console" tab, select the dropdown icon in the top right corner of the console tab and choose "Java Stack Trace Console". Then, you should see more icons to the left of the dropdown you selected. Select the next dropdown to the left and choose "SOA-P 4.3 Server"."

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