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How to debug java_library rule in a bazel build?

I dug around option and source code but still unsure how to debug a bazel build, java specifically.

Also anyone know how I can change bazel, build it locally and use it on builds to verify. I found bazel invocation: exec -a "$0" "${BAZEL_REAL}" "$@"

where BAZEL_REAL is a binary: /usr/local/Cellar/bazel/0.15.2/libexec/bin/bazel-real

But this doesn't explain closely how it starts and how I can debug it...

Like is it possible to jump in and debug com.google.devtools.build.lib.bazel.rules.java.BazelJavaLibraryRule while building my code? Like if I build my code with Maven, I can do mvnDebug.

bazel build -s
➜  bazel git:(master) ✗ bazel build //examples/java-native/src/main/java/com/example/myproject:hello-world -s
BAZEL_REAL==/usr/local/Cellar/bazel/0.15.2/libexec/bin/bazel-real
INFO: Analysed target //examples/java-native/src/main/java/com/example/myproject:hello-world (15 packages loaded).
INFO: Found 1 target...
Target //examples/java-native/src/main/java/com/example/myproject:hello-world up-to-date:
  bazel-bin/examples/java-native/src/main/java/com/example/myproject/hello-world.jar
  bazel-bin/examples/java-native/src/main/java/com/example/myproject/hello-world
INFO: Elapsed time: 4.943s, Critical Path: 0.29s
INFO: 0 processes.
INFO: Build completed successfully, 2 total actions
Solution

  • nevermind me, https://www.bazel.build/contributing.html#setting-up-your-coding-environment has the info I need.

    Basically for starter

    bazel --host_jvm_debug build //:*

    the order of args are significant. For example below will NOT work

    bazel build //:* --host_jvm_debug

    To debug worker's jvm, get the command with bazel build -s, then append the remote debug startup opts.