> java -Xrunjdwp:help
               Java Debugger JDWP Agent Library
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  (see http://java.sun.com/products/jpda for more information)

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Warnings
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  - The older -Xrunjdwp interface can still be used, but will be removed in
    a future release, for example:
        java -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:[help]|[<option>=<value>, ...]
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Xdebug has been a no-op flag since JDK 6 and will finally be deprecated and removed - see JDK-8227229. Its presence in the JDWP help has unfortunately caused it to be documented externally as the way to run debug agents e.g.

https://stackify.com/java-remote-debugging/

Enabling the Debug Mode

To run a regular serverless Java class Test with debugging enabled in the Oracle HotSpot JVM, you need to use the following command:

java -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=8000,server=y,suspend=y Test

As you can see, you basically need only two JVM options: -Xdebug and -Xrunjdwp. Note that these are X-arguments, which means that they are not standardized and may not work as expected in other JVM implementations.

The -Xdebug argument enables the debugging itself, and the -Xrunjdwp argument configures the JDWP protocol with several important parameters.
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We should remove the reference to Xdebug from the help (and cleanup the help in other ways where needed e.g. fix this URL:

  (see http://java.sun.com/products/jpda for more information)