Issue
I am trying to trouble shoot a JUnit. In the source code, I have set break point in two places: 1) in a line where a static member is initialized 2) the first line of one of the test cases.
The debugger stops in the static field initializing line. But it doesn't stop in the test case. No matter where I set the break point in the test case, the debugger doesn't stop there. I know for sure that the test case is executed as I can see the log messages that I have added appear in the log.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am using Eclipse Galileo and JUnit4 launcher.
Solution
This could be related to one of the bugs in JDK 6 Update 14, as indicated in the release notes for JDK 6 update 15.
If this indeed turns out to be the issue, you should move to a higher version of the JDK (that's no guarantee though, since fixes have been released against 6u16, 6u18 and 7b1). The best bet is to use -XX:+UseParallelGC flag. Increasing the size of the minimum and maximum heap size, to delay the first GC, bring temporary relief.
By the way, use this bug report in Eclipse to track how others have been faring.
Answered By - Vineet Reynolds
