Use a jar with source as source for jdb?

Question

I have a executable jar with source compiled in and I want to debug it using jdb (no other debugger available in this environment unfortunately).

I am able to debug it with

jdb -classpath "${JAR_FILE}:${CLASS_PATH}" ${MAIN_CLASS} ${ARGS}

How can I get jdb to use the source that is built into the jar file?

Notes: Java 6, AIX, ksh

Answer 1

Haven't tried this personally, but perhaps the sourcepath option will allow JAR files: jdb -sourcepath ${JAR_FILE} ...

Answer 2

It may not be possible, as stated in this (very old) post on the forums.