Unable to debug in Java with eclipse

Question

I am trying to debug a simple Java application on my machine using Eclipse as an IDE. When I try to debug the application by entering the Debug Perspective, I set a breakpoi

Answer 1

I was seeing an error while using the -X format:

java -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:server=y,transport=dt_socket,address=4000,suspend=n myapp

The error went away when I switched to the newer format:

java -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,address=4000,suspend=n myapp