RFR: 8263323: Debug Agent help output includes invalid URL

Kevin Walls kevinw at openjdk.java.net
Mon Jun 7 14:25:14 UTC 2021


On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 03:36:26 GMT, Chris Plummer <cjplummer at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Rather than embed a URL in the help output, which needs to be updated if the location of docs ever changes, just include a description of the document so it can be looked up. The output now looks like:
> 
> 
> $ ./java -agentlib:jdwp=help
>                Java Debugger JDWP Agent Library
>                --------------------------------
> 
>   (See the "Oracle VM Invocation Options" section of the JPDA
>    "Connection and Invocation Details" document for more information.)
> 
> jdwp usage: java -agentlib:jdwp=[help]|[<option>=<value>, ...]
> 
> Option Name and Value            Description                       Default
> ---------------------            -----------                       -------
> suspend=y|n                      wait on startup?                  y
> transport=<name>                 transport spec                    none
> ...

"jpda connection and invocation" got the correct document as the first search engine hit for me.

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Marked as reviewed by kevinw (Committer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4352


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