Bug ID: JDK-4841257 Should be able to 'attach on demand' to debug

JDK-4841257 : Should be able to 'attach on demand' to debug

Type: Enhancement
Component: core-svc
Sub-Component: debugger
Affected Version: 1.4.0,5.0,6u14

Priority: P4
Status: Closed
Resolution: Won't Fix
OS: generic,solaris_7
CPU: generic,sparc

Submitted: 2003-04-02
Updated: 2024-07-15
Resolved: 2016-11-03

Related Reports

Duplicate :	JDK-6898169 - loadAgentLibrary fails to load JDWP agent
Relates :	JDK-8336401 - Remove the option onjcmd from the jdwp agent
Relates :	JDK-8214892 - Delayed starting of debugging via jcmd
Relates :	JDK-6173612 - need an attach mechanism

Description

Currently, if a Java program is to be debugged, the VM has to
be started with special debugging options, eg, -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp.....

It should be possible to to attach a debugger to an already
running VM that was not started with these options.  

This would be especially useful for debugging code run via webstart or
plugin where it is not convenient to add these special debugging options to the
command line.
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Comments

This is not on our list of current priorities, if this changes please re-open this issue.

03-11-2016