Debugging Spock tests in Eclipse

[Jeff Sussna]

I find I have to be very careful about where I set breakpoints when debugging Spock tests in Eclipse. Generally, if I don't set an initial breakpoint in a given clause, no subsequent breakpoints get hit. Also, even when I do, subsequent breakpoints sometimes get skipped. Anyone else having the same problem?

I should note that I'm using Geb, so instantiating GebSpec which is a subclass of Specification, in case that matters.

Eclipse 3.6.2
Spock 0.6
Groovy 1.8.6
Geb 0.7.0

[Peter Niederwieser]

I recommend to bring this up on the Groovy Eclipse list.

Cheers,

Peter

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[Jeff Sussna]

OK. Raised it here since AFAIK I haven't had this problem with generic Groovy code.

[Jan Bols]

Hi Jeff,
indeed you should put your breakpoints in the when-clause because they get
skipped in the then-clause. At least they do on my machine and I'm using
intellij. I guess it must have something to do with the way the
then-clause is executed before the when-clause, but I'm sure someone else
should give you a proper explanation on why this is.

regards
Jan

Op Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:11:48 +0200 schreef Jeff Sussna
<j...@ingineering.it>:

[Peter Niederwieser]

On Aug 28, 2012, at 10:14 PM, "Jan Bols" <guter...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
> indeed you should put your breakpoints in the when-clause because they get skipped in the then-clause. At least they do on my machine and I'm using intellij. I guess it must have something to do with the way the then-clause is executed before the when-clause, but I'm sure someone else should give you a proper explanation on why this is.

First time I hear about this, but I can't make breakpoints in then-blocks work either (in IntelliJ). Certainly worth a Spock issue. As for Eclipse, from my personal experience it has some problems with AST transforms, which are employed heavily by Spock.

Cheers,
Peter