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It’s often useful debugging tomcat using eclipse remote java application.

Here are instructions for doing so:

1)      Open %tomcat_home%\bin\tomcat6w.exe which will open a configuration UI.

2)      Select the Java tab and enter two Java Options at the bottom:

a.       –Xdebug

b.      -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=8005

3)      Restart your tomcat service.

4)      From Eclipse, set up a Debug Configuration under Remote Java Application (as usual for debugging)