Netbeans gradle debug system properties

[stanforums]

my gradle file contains: run { args += '/home/stan/datafiles/cms/SystemConfig.txt' systemProperty "log4j.configuration", "log4j.xml" standardInput = System.in }

when i run the following lines from netbeans run or the command line System.out.format("%-30s = %s\n", "log4j.configuration", system.getProperty("log4j.configuration")); System.out.format("%-30s = %s\n", "System config file" , configFile);

i get -

log4j.configuration = log4j.xml System config file = /home/stan/datafiles/cms/SystemConfig.txt

however when i run from the netbeans debugger i get -

log4j.configuration = null System config file =

How do i get the debugger to cooperate? Thanks

[kelemen]

The simplest solution (assuming you didn't cusomtize the debug task) is to set the debug mode to "Debugger listens for connections" in the "Debugging - Java" category (either in the global settings or in the project settings). What you see happens because in the other mode - by default - the "debug" task is called instead of the "run" (if there is none, NB will pass an init script which will create one). Though it would be better to have the "Debugger listens for connections" set by default, I have never changed it to prevent backward compatibility problems (i.e., break the settings for people relying on it).

[stanforums]

That worked perfect, Thanks

As a side issue, i tried to create a debug task, but the run task ran anyway - strange.

[kelemen]

In the "debugger attaches to debugee" mode, the default is to run the "debug" task, unless you configured otherwise in the "Built-in task" category. You can check what was configured there (note that if you change the debug mode, it won't take effect before you click ok, and the built-in task willl show tasks based on the currently active settings).