Introduction

Welcome to the VS Code extension Debug Adapter for Apache Camel project created by Red Hat! Here you’ll find a description of how to use VS Code extension providing Debug Adapter for Apache Camel.

Description

This extension adds Camel Debugger power by attaching to a running Camel route written in Java, Yaml or XML DSL directly in your Visual Studio Code editor. It is working as a client using the Microsoft Debug Adapter Protocol which communicates with Camel Debug Server providing all functionalities.

How to install

1. You can download Debug Adapter for Apache Camel extension from the VS Code Extension Marketplace and the Open VSX Registry.

2. Debug Adapter for Apache Camel can be also installed directly in the Microsoft VS Code.

   Steps

   • Open your VS Code.
   • In VS Code, select View > Extensions.
   • In the search bar, type Camel Debug
   • Select the Debug Adapter for Apache Camel option and then click Install.

Features

• Add/Remove breakpoints
• Support a single Camel context
• Camel Main mode for XML only
  • Supports the use of Camel debugger
  • Supports the local use of Camel debugger
• Support conditional breakpoint 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 the Debugger scope
  • the message body
  • a message header of type String
  • an exchange property of type String
• One-click Run and Camel debug via command Run Camel Application with JBang and Debug
• One-click Run Camel via command Run Camel Application with JBang with automatic reloading
• 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

Advanced

• See Advanced Configurations page with configurations examples for advanced use cases.