How to debug a JSP tomcat service using eclipse?

Question

I would like to debug my separately running JSP/Struts/Tomcat/Hibernate application stack using the Eclipse IDE debugger. How do I setup the java JVM and eclipse so that I can s

Answer 1

For Tomcat 5.5 on Windows:

Edit bin/startup.bat

Find the line that reads:

call "%EXECUTABLE%" start %CMD_LINE_ARGS%

Replace it with these lines:

set JPDA_ADDRESS=8000
set JPDA_TRANSPORT=dt_socket
call "%EXECUTABLE%" jpda start %CMD_LINE_ARGS%