Running a debug configuration in STS on a Maven profile

[stephaneeybert]

Hi,

I have a build with a Maven profile and I can run in as a Run configuration from within STS, the Spring Source Tool Suite Eclipse version.

I can also run it from the command line with the command:
mvn clean install -Pmysql-test -Dtest=NavbarLanguageDaoTest

But when I want to run it as a Debug configuration from within STS, it runs as a Run configuration, that is, it runs fine to the end but does not stop to any of the breakpoints.

In the Debug perspective, I can see the breakpoints in the pane listing the breakpoints and all of them are ticked.

Why is it that no breakpoint is being stopped at ?

Kind Regards,

[Andrew Eisenberg]

How are you launching in STS? What kind of launch configuration are you using?

You would be best off using "Debug as Java Application" launch type.

[stephaneeybert]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the watch tour. It's a Maven Build type debug configuration. The Maven runtime is an external one, the one used on the command line.

[stephaneeybert]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the watch tour. It's a Maven Build type debug configuration. The Maven runtime is an external one, the one used on the command line.

I provided it with the goals "clean instal" and the same profile used on the command line.

[Andrew Eisenberg]

Could it be that you are running your tests as an external process?

I would recommend that you launch as a Java app instead of using a maven launch if at all possible. Launching through maven, as you can already see, includes all sort of strangeness that is really not relevant to debugging your tests.

[stephaneeybert]

I wonder what Java class to specify when creating a Java Application debug configuration.

Say, to run the suite of integration tests...

[Andrew Eisenberg]

I was a little mistaken. You should not choose Java Application. Rather, choose your src/test/java folder, right-click -> Run as -> JUnit test.