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Ant Debugger Plugin for IntelliJ Idea

November 19, 2009 AT 5:17 PM
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Idea plugin for Ant build script debugging.

Ant Debugger plugin enables Apache Ant build script debugging in IntelliJ Idea:

  • Open build file in editor
  • Set debug breakpoints
  • Right click on editor to show context menu (see screenshot) and select the "Debug" menu item to launch Ant debugger
  • Wait until the Ant debugger stops on breakpoint then use step or resume debugger commands, investigate Ant variables and execution stack

You can add Ant debug configuration from the Edit configurations dialog. Then you select Ant file, Java SDK for debugging session.

Note. Plugin requires Java SDK to launch Ant: plugin uses build file module, project or any SDK for JDK list (the plugin searches for Java SDK in this order and uses first found).

Installation: use Idea plugins manager:

  • open Settings > plugins
  • wait until the plugin list loads
  • right click on Ant Debugger plugin and select install / update from the context menu
  • restart Idea

 Supported Idea versions: Idea 8.1.x, Idea 9 (community and ultimate editions).

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Alexei Orischenko replied on Fri, 2009/11/20 - 7:50am

You can download Ant debugger from HandyEdit site or Idea plugins repository

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