Debugging in Maven?

Question

Is it possible to launch a debugger such as jdb from Maven? I have a pom.xml file that compiles the project successfully. However, the program hangs somewhe

Answer 1

I use the MAVEN_OPTS option, and find it useful to set suspend to "suspend=y" as my exec:java programs tend to be small generators which are finished before I have manage to attach a debugger.... :) With suspend on it will wait for a debugger to attach before proceding.

Answer 2

Why not use the JPDA and attach to the launched process from a separate debugger process ? You should be able to specify the appropriate options in Maven to launch your process with the debugging hooks enabled. This article has more information.