• Ensure jbang is available on system command-line
• Open a Camel route which can be started with JBang
• Call command Palette (Ctrl+Alt+P), and pick command Start Camel Application with JBang and debug or click on codelens Debug with JBang which appears on top of the file.
• Wait that the route is started and debugger is connected
• Put a breakpoint on the Camel route
• Enjoy!

• Start a Camel 3.16+ application with camel-debug on the classpath
• In .vscode/launch.json, provide this kind of content for a local default JMX connection (which is service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:1099/jmxrmi/camel):

  {
	"version": "0.2.0",
	"configurations": [
		{
			"type": "apache.camel",
			"request": "attach",
			"name": "Attach Camel Debugger"
		}
	]
  }

• In Run and Debug panel, launch the Attach Camel Debugger
• Put a breakpoint on the Camel route
• Enjoy!

In .vscode/launch.json, provide this kind of content for a local default JMX connection (which is service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:1099/jmxrmi/camel):

  {
	"version": "0.2.0",
	"configurations": [
		{
			"type": "apache.camel",
			"request": "attach",
			"name": "Attach Camel Debugger"
		}
	]
  }

or for a specific JMX Url:

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
  	{
  		"type": "apache.camel",
  		"request": "attach",
  		"name": "Attach Camel Debugger",
  		"attach_jmx_url": "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://localhost:1099/jmxrmi/camel"
  	}
  ]
}

or for a local connection using PID of the Camel application process:

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
  	{
  		"type": "apache.camel",
  		"request": "attach",
  		"name": "Attach Camel Debugger",
  		"attach_pid": "857136"
  	}
  ]
}

• Support use of Camel debugger by attaching to a running Camel route written in Java, Yaml or XML (only Camel Main mode for XML) using the JMX Url
• Support local use of Camel debugger by attaching to a running Camel route written in Java, Yaml or XML (only Camel Main mode for XML) using the PID
• Support a single Camel context
• Add/Remove breakpoint
• Support conditional breakpoint with simple language. See here for details on how to write condition with simple language.
• Inspect variable values on suspended breakpoints
• Resume a single route instance and resume all route instances
• Stepping when the route definition is in the same file
• Allow to update values of variables:
  • in scope Debugger
  • the message body
  • a message header when it is of type String
  • an exchange property when it is of type String
• Command Start Camel Application with JBang and debug. It allows a one-click start and Camel debug in simple cases. This command is available through:
  • Command Palette. It requires having a valid Camel file opened in editor.
  • Contextual menu in File explorer. It is visible to all *.xml, *.java, *.yaml and *.yml. It is up to the user to ensure it is a Camel route file. The command is also opening the files in editor to be ready to place breakpoints.
  • Codelens at the top of a Camel file (the heuristic for the codelens is checking that there is a from and a to or a log on java, xml and yaml files).
• Configuration snippets for Camel debugger launch configuration
• Configuration snippets to launch Camel application ready to accept a Camel debugger connection using JBang or Maven with Camel maven plugin or Quarkus Devs

Java Runtime Environment 11+ with com.sun.tools.attach.VirtualMachine (available in most JVMs such as Hotspot and OpenJDK) must be available on system path.

For some features, JBang must be available on command-line.

The Camel instance to debug must follow these requirements:

• Camel 3.16+
• Have camel-debug on the classpath
• Have JMX enabled

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