Debug Gatling Scala Code in Intellij with Maven Java Project

Question

I didn't add a comment in this Debug Scala Post because in my opinion it was another setup.

I had a similiar problem with Maven instead of SBT. I used Maven because the complete Java project was built upon it and I only wanted to debug my Gatling Scala code. However I'm not able to debug the code with the IDE.

Here's what I tried:

• Clean the built mvn clean install
• Invalidate caches in IDEA with the menu button
• Use println to see whether the code is reached - worked
• Redeploy the project on the Glassfish
• Delete the generated files in the Glassfish and redeploy

This is my current setup:

• Maven 3.3.9
• Glassfish Payara 4 build 163
• IDEA 2016.3.4. built on January 31 2017
• JDK 1.8.0_51
• Gatling 2.2.3
• Scala-Maven-Plug 3.2.2

My solution is as follows.

Answer 1

With the help of colleague I figured out that the main class in Engine from the Gatling tutorial can be used to debug out of Intellij.

I basically built the whole archetype and moved the following files into the corresponding folders:

• src/test/resources/gatling.conf
• src/test/scala/Engine.scala and IDEPathHelper

That did the trick for me.