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| <title id="tdbgjsp_title">Debugging a JSP file on a server</title> | |
| <shortdesc id="tdbgjsp_shortdesc">The debugger enables you to detect and diagnose | |
| errors in your application. It allows you to control the execution of your | |
| program by setting breakpoints, suspending threads, stepping through the code, | |
| and examining the contents of the variables. You can debug a JavaServer Pages | |
| (JSP) without losing the state of your application. </shortdesc> | |
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| <context id="tdbgjsp_context">To debug a JSP file on a server:</context> | |
| <steps> | |
| <step id="tdbgjsp_step1"><cmd>In the Project Explorer view, open your JSP | |
| file.</cmd><info>In a Web project, JSP files are located in the Web Content | |
| folder. Double-click the JSP file, the file opens in an editor.</info></step> | |
| <step id="tdbgjsp_step2"><cmd>To set one or more breakpoints, you can select | |
| a line of code in the editor and double-click the marker bar directly to the | |
| left of the line where you want to add the breakpoint.</cmd></step> | |
| <step id="tdbgjsp_step3"><cmd>From the JSP file's context menu in the Project | |
| Explorer view, click <uicontrol>Debug As> Debug on Server.</uicontrol> The | |
| workbench switches to the Debug perspective and the server is launched in | |
| debug mode.</cmd></step> | |
| <step id="tdbgjsp_step4"><cmd>In the Debug view, step through the code and | |
| make the necessary changes to the JSP file.</cmd><info>For detailed information | |
| on debugging, refer to the Debugging <tm tmclass="special" tmowner="Sun Microsystems, Inc." | |
| tmtype="tm" trademark="Java">Java</tm> applications documentation.</info> | |
| </step> | |
| <step id="tdbgjsp_step5"><cmd>Save the JSP file.</cmd></step> | |
| <step id="tdbgjsp_step6"><cmd>Click the <uicontrol>Refresh</uicontrol> icon | |
| in the Web Browser to update the changes.</cmd><info>The state of your application | |
| is not lost and the server recognizes your changes.</info></step> | |
| </steps> | |
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