JProfiler as a Netbeans 4.x/5.x Module | ![]() ![]() |
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With JProfiler integrated into Sun Microsystems'
Netbeans(TM),
JProfiler can be invoked from within the IDE without any further need for
session configuration.
Requirements: Netbeans 4.x, 5.x or 6.x. |
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The installation of the Netbeans module is started by selecting
"Netbeans IDE (your version)" on the
Reminder: Please close Netbeans while performing the module installation. If you are performing the installation from JProfiler's setup wizard, please complete the entire setup first before starting Netbeans. A file selection box will then prompt you to locate the installation directory of Netbeans. In the next step, you are asked whether the installation should be performed globally, or for a single user only. A single user installation is mostly of interest in network installations where the user cannot write to the Netbeans installation directory. If you decide for a single user installation, another file selection box will then prompt you to locate your Netbeans user directory. This is a version-specific directory under .netbeans in your user home directory.The Netbeans updater is then invoked and the module is installed. After acknowledging the completion message, you can start Netbeans and check whether the installation was successful. You should now see a menu entry JProfiler top-level menu in Netbeans' main menu. |
![]() | You can profile standard and free form projects in Netbeans. For free form projects, you have to debug your application once before trying to profile it, since the required file nbproject/ide-targets.xml is set up by the debug action. JProfiler will add a target named "profile-jprofiler" to it with the same contents as the debug target and will try to modify the VM parameters as needed. If you have problems profiling a free form project, please check the implementation of this target. |
![]() | You can profile web applications with the integrated Tomcat or with any other Tomcat server configured in Netbeans. When your main project is a web project, selecting "Profile main project with JProfiler" (see below) starts the Tomcat server with profiling enabled. Please make sure to stop the Tomcat server before trying to profile it. |
![]() | If you use Netbeans with the bundled Sun Java System Application Server, you can transparently profile J2EE applications with it. When your main project is set up to use Sun Java System Application Server, selecting "Profile main project with JProfiler" (see below) starts the application server with profiling enabled. Please make sure to stop the application server before trying to profile it. |
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To profile your application from Netbeans, choose one of the profiling commands in the
Run menu or click on the corresponding toolbar button.
![]() Main toolbar with "JProfiler" button
![]() "JProfiler" menu
![]() Explorer context menu with "JProfiler" action The profiled application is then started just as with the usual "Run" commands. When a profiling session is started, a new tab with a JProfiler window is created. Profiling sessions are closed by closing the corresponding tab. Apart from the excluded tool bar buttons for "Attach/Detach" and "Session settings", the JProfiler window and its views are exactly the same as in the standalone version. All profiling settings and view settings changes are persistent across session restarts. When JProfiler is used with the Netbeans integration, the "Show source" action for a class or a method in one of JProfiler's view will show the source element in Netbeans and not in JProfiler's integrated source code viewer. |
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The JProfiler menu in Netbeans' main menu bar
contains all actions required to run JProfiler from within Netbeans:
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