[aspectj-users] Unable to debug my aspects when using iajc build task

[Chris Rose <chris.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm now working through debugging aspect advice, and I've got a problem:

First, for some reason (I've submitted a bug against the aspectJ IDE on 
this) I cannot use the aspectJ project nature on our large development 
project; rebuilds of the project wedge and require between 20 and 
forever minutes to proceed.  If debugging aspects requires the aspectJ 
nature in the IDE, I'm hosed.  I think it shouldn't, however.

I'm building the code using the aspectJ ant task 'iajc', in an aspectJ 
1.5.3 distribution, using the following options:

      <iajc
	  destdir="${destdir}"
	  source="1.5"
	  debug="on"
	  deprecation="on"
	  verbose="false"
	  showWeaveInfo="false"
	  Xlintwarnings="true"
	  fork="false">

The compiler is compiling _all_ of our source code, not just aspects. 
It is replacing the <javac/> task in this case.

However, when I try to walk the code in my debugger (attach to remote 
JBoss instance, breakpoints on the aspect and inside the first method it 
calls) I cannot get the debugger to 'see' the aspect advice.

The aspect is written using annotations, if that makes a difference, 
instead of the aspectj language, mainly because of the problem I 
mentioned above about being unable to configure the project as an 
aspectj project.

So, how can I make the required debug information make it into the class 
and into my IDE?

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Chris Rose
Developer    Planet Consulting Group
(780) 577-8433
crose@xxxxxxxxxxxx