How can i debug code that invoked with java reflection?

Question

I hava an application which deployed on J2EE application server , inside the application there is implementation of class loader loading jar files into the JVM, inside those jar files there are Test Cases which implements common interface, by java reflection i dynamically invoke (by name) those test cases, the problem is that is like a black box and if test case fails i need to work hard to find what went worng throw the application server logger , is there any way to debug the test cases code? or any suggestion at all? thank you sorry for the long story..

Answer 1

You should be able to use Java's remote debugging facility. I've done something similar before and I would simply set a breakpoint in the test that failed. This page describes how to set up remote debugging in eclipse. How you enable debugging depends on the app server you're using.

Answer 2

You can connect to a remote Java EE app server with IntelliJ and step through the code line by line.