freemarker.debug
Class DebuggerClient

java.lang.Object
  freemarker.debug.DebuggerClient

public class DebuggerClient
extends java.lang.Object

A utility class that allows you to connect to the FreeMarker debugger service running on a specific host and port.

Version:

$Id: DebuggerClient.java,v 1.3.2.1 2006/11/27 07:54:19 szegedia Exp $

Author:

Attila Szegedi

Method Summary

static Debugger

getDebugger(java.net.InetAddress host, int port, java.lang.String password) Connects to the FreeMarker debugger service running on a specific host and port.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getDebugger

public static Debugger getDebugger(java.net.InetAddress host,
                                   int port,
                                   java.lang.String password)
                            throws java.io.IOException

Connects to the FreeMarker debugger service running on a specific host and port. The Java VM to which the connection is made must have defined the system property freemarker.debug.password in order to enable the debugger service. Additionally, the freemarker.debug.port system property can be set to specify the port where the debugger service is listening. When not specified, it defaults to Debugger.DEFAULT_PORT.

Parameters:

host - the host address of the machine where the debugger service is running.

port - the port of the debugger service

password - the password required to connect to the debugger service

Returns:

Debugger a debugger object. null is returned in case incorrect password was supplied.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an exception occurs.