[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBIDE-8548) Support auto discovery of remote processes for debugging

[Snjezana Peco (JIRA)]

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Snjezana Peco commented on JBIDE-8548:
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I have created this feature. It can be tested using the http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/jbosstools/workspace/snjeza/org.jboss.tools.remote.debug.updatesite/ update site.
The source code is attached.

Neither it is possible to contribute a menu to the "Debug As" menu nor to change a label in the launchShortcuts extension point.
I have had to add a new menu - "Remote Debug As" to the main context menu. It is visible when some Java project is selected and when there is an application on a local machine that is ready to debug. The menu contains all debuggable applications and the additional item "Configure..." that serves to open the Debug Configurations dialog. The user can configure source attachments using that dialog.
 
The attached screenshots show the Launch Configuration dialog and the "Remote Debug As" action when starting Eclipse on a local machine and JBoss AS 7 in the debug mode.
The feature requires Eclipse to be started using a JDK or some JDK runtime to be added to the Installed JREs preference page.
tools.jar is being added dynamically from some of those JDK and isn't included in any plugin.

I have tested this feature on Windows and Linux.

> Support auto discovery of remote processes for debugging
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>
>                 Key: JBIDE-8548
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-8548
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: JBossAS
>            Reporter: Aslak Knutsen
>            Assignee: Snjezana Peco
>             Fix For: 3.3.0.M3, 3.3.x
>
>         Attachments: 8548-1.png, 8548-2.png, 8548-3.png, org.jboss.tools.remote.debug.zip
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>
> It would be helpful if Eclipse could provide a 'debug as' with auto discover of local java processes, somewhat like jconsole does. Eclipse should also auto associate the debug session with the current project. 
> 'debug as' -> 'remote process x'

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