Can you start a Java EE server in Eclipse from the command line?

Question

I have some ant scripts that create various things from the command line.

My command environment is complex, and we are doing some icky things I don't really want to do in eclipse, that won't really run from an ant script invoked inside eclipse. But if there is a way to have an ant script in eclipse start the server, that would be OK too.

Sometimes they take a while to run. It would be nice if when they were done, I could start my Java EE server inside eclipse. I happen to use JBoss 1.4.2 if that matters. I would like to start it in debug mode if possible. This way I could test without having to navigate to the server and start up debug from within eclipse as soon as my code finishes building. Is there any easy way to do this?

Answer 1

You can always manage your Application Server externally. by calling <JBOSS_HOME>/bin/run.(sh|bat) -b <ip_address> (JBoss 5) or <JBOSS_HOME>/bin/standalone.(sh|bat) -b <ip_address>

To start and stop your server from ant and having it appear as if you started it from within eclipse, that is a harder task. You would have to create a Run/Launch Configuration from within eclipse and then call it from ant see Launch an Eclipse Run Configuration from ANT