How do I disable remote debugging in JDeveloper??

Question

I am having a problem disabling the remote debugging feature inside JDeveloper 9i. I currently have a workspace in which I has set up a remotely debuggable project and another "normal" project which contains the client application that accesses my remote application. When I start the remote application, I am able to attach the remote debugger inside JDeveloper and it works just fine. However, when I attempt to debug my local project, it starts with the following JVM parameters :
java -Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=1552
and fails to start since it cannot attach to a remote process. I have double-checked the project settings and the remote debugging checkbox is NOT select for the local project. I have even resorted to restarting JDeveloper, but that failed to resolve the problem.
Does anybody have any suggestions as to how to fix this problem?

Answer 1

Hi David,
Some things concern me about the java command you show in your post:
1. On Windows, JDeveloper should be starting javaw, not java. In your post, you show a java command. Is it really java or is it javaw?
2. JDeveloper should be specifying which JVM to use. In your post, you show a java command where there is no JVM specified (there is no -ojvm or -hotspot). Check your project settings - on the Libraries panel, what J2SE (JDK) are you using? on the Runner panel, what Virtual Machine is selected?
Other than that, the command you show in your post (the command that JDev launches when you try to debug your local project) contains (mostly) the correct command options for local debugging with a JVM which supports JPDA debugging (for example, classic or hotspot).
Let me explain the command options:
java -Xdebug -Xnoagent -Djava.compiler=NONE -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=1552-Xdebug Enables debugging.
-Xnoagent Disables old debugging agent (also called sun.tools.debug).
-Djava.compiler=NONE Disables the JIT compiler.
-Xrunjdwp Loads the JPDA JDWP library.
:transport=dt_socket Use sockets for communicating with the debugger.
,server=y Listen for a debugger to attach.
,address=1552 Use port 1552.
JDev will use the above command options when you do local debugging with a JVM other than OJVM. (Note that -Xnoagent and -Djava.compiler=NONE are not required for HotSpot, but are accepted and ignored.)
The command that you show is not trying to connect to anything.
When JDev does remote debugging, it does not start the java process at all.
I think there is some other reason why your program does not start up. What other messages are displayed in the Log Window? Do you see messages like "Debugger attempting to connect to local process." or "Debugger connected to local process." or "Debugger unable to connect to local process."?
-Liz