README

Python Java Debugger
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A modest attempt at implementing the lacking `jdb` replacement with sharpened features like command history, command and argument completion, wrapped sessions, syntax highlighting.

Roadmap
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- basic JDWP client implementation (socket transport)
- debug sessions
- command completion
- argument completion
- add some colors
- application launcher
- listen
- shmem transport, other transports
- testing, docs
- ...

Documentation
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http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jpda/jdwp-spec.html
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/platform/jpda/jdwp/jdwp-protocol.html
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/tools/solaris/jdb.html

Developing against JDWP 1.5/1.6 in OpenJDK VM 20.0 (Java 1.6.0_24) and DalvikVM 1.4 (JRE 1.5)