microsoft / microsoft/vscode-java-debug
Support running command before attaching debugger
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Since Nov 3, 2017.
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Description
It's possible to debug tests running from a Maven build by calling mvn -Dmaven.surefire.debug test, then attaching the debugger to a remote Java process on port 5005, like
{
"type": "java",
"name": "Debug (Attach) to Maven tests",
"request": "attach",
"hostName": "localhost",
"port": 5005
}
So this requires 2 separate actions from the user. Ideally, one would define a new 'surefire-debug' task for mvn -Dmaven.surefire.debug test and add "preLaunchTask": "surefire-debug" to the launch configuration. The problem is running that command doesn't return an exit code, since it's waiting for a debugger to attach, so the prelaunch task never finishes and the debugger never kicks in: you're stuck.
So it'd be nice if the debugger detected port 5005 is responding, before the preLaunchTask finishes.
If preLaunchTasks absolutely must finish before the debugger kicks in, then we might need to have a preLaunchCommand (or whatever better name) instead. Debugger bootstrap waits until port 5005 responds following execution of preLaunchCommand, then proceeds.
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