IntelliJ IDEA 13 debugger don't stop on breakpoint in java for maven project

Question

I have a breakpoint on a line where is the System.out.println(\"test\") command. I believe that the command is reached by execution because I see the printed string

Answer 1

To debug web applications in maven projects using the Intellij Community Edition, you can add a tomcat or jetty plugin to your WAR pom like this:

    
        
            org.apache.tomcat.maven
            tomcat7-maven-plugin
            
                8080
                /yourapp
            
        
        
            org.mortbay.jetty
            maven-jetty-plugin
        
    

It's possible if needed to add database drivers like this:

    org.mortbay.jetty
    maven-jetty-plugin
    
        
           ... your database driver groupId and artifactId ...
        
    

Then using these plugins the application can be started in the command line (from the pom directory):

mvnDebug clean install tomcat7:run-war

Or for jetty:

mvnDebug clean install jetty:run-war

With the application running in debug mode from the command line (you don't need to run it from Intellij), do a remote debugging configuration similar to what you posted and the breakpoint should be hit.

If you use Intellij Ultimate Edition then this is not necessary, because you can create a server configuration for Tomcat or any other server and deploy the application in a fully integrated way, with debugging and hot deployment handled transparently.

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