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

[Max Rydahl Andersen (JIRA)]

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Max Rydahl Andersen commented on JBIDE-8548:
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Just updated - this UI is *much* better IMO - no blockage and its informative ;)

I found a few "gotchas":

* The progress bar shows "Discover VM PID=489" when waiting for a java that is waiting for connection.
  That's not very clear to the user what that means and how many processes does it need to wait for ;)
  I suggest something like "1 out of 3: Discovering port, main class and arguments for process id 489"
  
* Putting in background and starting a second "Remote Java Application" causes two scans to occur and wait for each other and eventually show the main dialog twice. I suggest showing a dialog saying "Remote Java Application scan already in progress. Please wait for it to be complete." and then if doable have a "Bring scan to foreground" button next to a "Ok" and "Try again" button.

* When Class is Unknown it just says Unknown in the class column - I would leave it blank or put "<Unknown>" to signify the class is actually not named Unknown.

* Name column I assume should actually be PID or Process ID ?

* Finish is probably better named as "Connect" or "Launch" ?

* Using the name "Default" is not really good for default configuration - I suggest using the same name Run As/Debug As would give to a launch (i.e. the project name). In case of multiple projects selected then I would use "myapp + N more" where myapp is the project for the first element and N is the number of projects. Or if just to be simple just "myapp"
Maybe add "Remote " as prefix ?, so it becomes "Remote myapp" ?

* It seems I can't do Remote Debug on other selections than a Project resource ? Couldn't it just take the project of the current selected resource ?   

* ...and I still think using normal Remote Java Applications config would be the best approach for this functionality; and allow user to choose if there are any ambiguity.

> Support auto discovery of remote processes for debugging
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 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, jbide-8548d.png, lsof.txt, org.jboss.tools.remote.debug.zip, org.jboss.tools.remote.debug1.zip, org.jboss.tools.remote.debug2.zip, org.jboss.tools.remote.debug3.zip, org.jboss.tools.remote.debug4.zip, org.jboss.tools.remote.debug5.zip, remote_java_application.bmml
>
>
> 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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