JDeveloper iStore Setup

Question

Hello,
I have a question about the setup for Oracle iStore with the new JDev 10.1.3.1. Is there an updated official setup doc for iStore customizations?
I have it working to the extent that I can run iStore locally, login and purchase some product. But debugging does not seem to be working reliably. When a break point is hit, I can't watch any variables, even though I can step through the source.The smart data window only shows "this" with two properties "application" (HttpApplication) and "config" (EvermindServletConfig). The Data window shows heaps of _slotX where X goes from 1 through 100+. It looks like JDeveloper is unable to link back from the compiled servlet to the jsp source. Is there some debug flag I've managed to turn off in my project?
For others interested in how to get iStore running on jdev 10.1.3.1 the process I used is:
* Copy the jsp source from the midtier (ibeC*, jtf* etc) place it in public_html/OA_HTML
* Copy the images from the midtier place them in public_html/OA_MEDIA
* Copy the dbc file from the mid tier to your workstation (see Java Options below)
* Copy required classes from the mid tier and add these to the project libraries.
* Add Oracle JDBC and JSP Runtime to project libraries
* Add BC4J/lib/collections.jar to project libraries
* Under project properties, J2EE Application null out the web context root
* Under project properties, Compiler, jsp, check Forgive duplicates
* Under project properties, Run/Debug add the following Java options:
-DJTFDBCFILE=c:\dev\vision_11_5_10_cu2\oracle_vision.dbc -Dframework.Logging.system.filename=c:\dev\vision_11_5_10_cu2\fwsys.log -Dservice.Logging.common.filename=c:\dev\vision_11_5_10_cu2\istore.log -Djtt_cookie_path=/ -Djtt_cookie_domain=<your_workstation_dns_name_here>
* Under project properties, Run/Debug select the ojvm virtual machine
* Under project properties, Run/Debug add "intra=t" to the Program Arguments
* Modify jdev\system\oracle.j2ee.10.1.3.39.84\embedded-oc4j\config\global-web-application.xml to include the following:
<init-param>
<param-name>forgive_dup_dir_attr</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</init-param>
<!-- See metalink note 217677.1, handle unimported classes in ancient code-->
<init-param>
<param-name>extra_imports</param-name>
<param-value>java.io.* java.util.* java.lang.reflect.*</param-value>
</init-param>
Regards
Dale

Answer 1

It is working, with caveats. I can run iStore, login, purchase product etc on the development workstation.
In my experience with iStore customizations it is quite difficult to get a development environment that can handle a project the size and age of iStore. In my configuration, which allows for the running of the iStore application on the development workstation in 10.1.3.1, the application consists of over 3000 jsp pages and includes, plus a 80Mb jar file of classes from the middle tier. I have a shell script that I use to copy the jsps and required classes from the middle tier of an instance.
I still have the problem mentioned in this post, where debugging is not reliably working. I have also found that configuring the servlet initialization parameters works well in the web.xml as opposed to the global web.xml.
Dale