Fwd: jdwp documentation for Java 9+

[S A]

Alright, thanks for the infos!

On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 at 18:37, Chris Plummer <chris.plummer at oracle.com>
wrote:

>
> On 6/16/22 3:07 AM, S A wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > where can I find jwdp documentation (including list of arguments) for
> > Java 9+?
> >
> > Background:
> >
> > A colleague of mine ran into this issue:
> > https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8175050
> >
> > I've since read that with Java 9+ also the hostname should be
> > specified, to ensure remote debugging is possible. All fine.
> >
> > However I fail to find where this is documented. I'm unable to access
> > the ticket for the change:
> > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8041435 (I've tried finding
> > the change in the JDK repositories to no avail)
>
> That's a confidential CR, so you won't be able to access it. Any
> relevant info you need you should be able to find in JDK-8175050. The
> changeset can be found here:
>
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/jdk/rev/030dae646c6b
>
>
> >
> > There is a comment about updating docus, but the links are no longer
> > valid:
> >
> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8175050?focusedCommentId=14053881&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-14053881
> > <
> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8175050?focusedCommentId=14053881&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-14053881
> >
>
> This CR was filed to update the docs:
>
> https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8175313
>
> But unfortunately it was closed as Will Not Fix for reasons I don't
> understand. So I don't think the user impact of JDK-8041435 was ever
> adequately documented.
>
>
> >
> > Last mention I find about jdwp and its parameters is for Java 8:
> >
> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/jpda/jdwp-spec.html
> >
> The jdwp spec is of very little interest to anyone other than debugger
> writers and those that work on the debug agent. Users of the debug agent
> won't find anything useful in the jdwp spec. As Alan mention,
> conninv.html is the place to look as a user of the debug agent.
>
> Chris
>
> > I do find blog posts and e.g. github PRs mentioning the problem and
> > resolutions. But I would like to quote an actual source and
> > documentation for our internal wikis.
> >
> > Best regards and thanks,
> > Simeon
>
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