chore: instructions on debuging the `gapic-generator-java` running on protobuf compiler (#1454)
* feat: e2d debug
* revise debug steps
* remove local
* 2nd revise
* change wording
diff --git a/gapic-generator-java/DEVELOPMENT.md b/gapic-generator-java/DEVELOPMENT.md
index acdc71d..482e143 100644
--- a/gapic-generator-java/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/gapic-generator-java/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -155,6 +155,37 @@
```
and then rebuild gapic-generator-java (`mvn clean install`).
+## Debugging the gapic-generator-java running on protobuf compiler
+
+1. In [googleapis](https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis) root directory, run the following commands:
+ 1. Set `JVM_DEBUG_PORT` environment variable.
+ ```shell
+ export JVM_DEBUG_PORT=5005
+ ```
+ The protobuf compiler runs the `protoc-gen-java_gapic` shell script (a wrapper of java command with an option to specify JVM debugging).
+ We set the environment variable `JVM_DEBUG_PORT` to enable the debug option.
+
+ 2. Run the command to build a client library, e.g., `java-monitoring`, with `--subcommands` flag to output commands spawned by `bazel build`.
+ ```shell
+ bazel build --subcommands //google/monitoring/v3:google-cloud-monitoring-v3-java
+ ```
+ 3. In the output, find the command of protobuf compiler invocation with gapic-generator-java plugin (the `darwin_arm64-opt-exec-2B5CBBC6` part may be different on your environment).
+
+ Note that different client libraries have different proto files.
+ ```shell
+ bazel-out/darwin_arm64-opt-exec-2B5CBBC6/bin/external/com_google_protobuf/protoc --experimental_allow_proto3_optional '--plugin=protoc-gen-java_gapic=bazel-out/darwin_arm64-opt-exec-2B5CBBC6/bin/external/gapic_generator_java/protoc-gen-java_gapic' '--java_gapic_out=metadata:bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/google/monitoring/v3/monitoring_java_gapic_srcjar_raw.srcjar.zip' '--java_gapic_opt=transport=grpc,rest-numeric-enums,grpc-service-config=google/monitoring/v3/monitoring_grpc_service_config.json,gapic-config=google/monitoring/v3/monitoring_gapic.yaml,api-service-config=google/monitoring/v3/monitoring.yaml' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/alert.proto=google/monitoring/v3/alert.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/alert_service.proto=google/monitoring/v3/alert_service.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/common.proto=google/monitoring/v3/common.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/dropped_labels.proto=google/monitoring/v3/dropped_labels.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/group.proto=google/monitoring/v3/group.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/group_service.proto=google/monitoring/v3/group_service.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/metric.proto=google/monitoring/v3/metric.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/metric_service.proto=google/monitoring/v3/metric_service.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/mutation_record.proto=google/monitoring/v3/mutation_record.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/notification.proto=google/monitoring/v3/notification.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/notification_service.proto=google/monitoring/v3/notification_service.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/query_service.proto=google/monitoring/v3/query_service.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/service.proto=google/monitoring/v3/service.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/service_service.proto=google/monitoring/v3/service_service.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/snooze.proto=google/monitoring/v3/snooze.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/snooze_service.proto=google/monitoring/v3/snooze_service.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/span_context.proto=google/monitoring/v3/span_context.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/uptime.proto=google/monitoring/v3/uptime.proto' '-Igoogle/monitoring/v3/uptime_service.proto=google/monitoring/v3/uptime_service.proto' '-Igoogle/api/annotations.proto=google/api/annotations.proto' '-Igoogle/api/http.proto=google/api/http.proto' '-Igoogle/protobuf/descriptor.proto=bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/external/com_google_protobuf/_virtual_imports/descriptor_proto/google/protobuf/descriptor.proto' '-Igoogle/api/client.proto=google/api/client.proto' '-Igoogle/api/launch_stage.proto=google/api/launch_stage.proto' '-Igoogle/protobuf/duration.proto=bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/external/com_google_protobuf/_virtual_imports/duration_proto/google/protobuf/duration.proto' '-Igoogle/api/distribution.proto=google/api/distribution.proto' '-Igoogle/protobuf/any.proto=bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/external/com_google_protobuf/_virtual_imports/any_proto/google/protobuf/any.proto' '-Igoogle/protobuf/timestamp.proto=bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/external/com_google_protobuf/_virtual_imports/timestamp_proto/google/protobuf/timestamp.proto' '-Igoogle/api/field_behavior.proto=google/api/field_behavior.proto' '-Igoogle/api/label.proto=google/api/label.proto' '-Igoogle/api/metric.proto=google/api/metric.proto' '-Igoogle/api/monitored_resource.proto=google/api/monitored_resource.proto' '-Igoogle/protobuf/struct.proto=bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/external/com_google_protobuf/_virtual_imports/struct_proto/google/protobuf/struct.proto' '-Igoogle/api/resource.proto=google/api/resource.proto' '-Igoogle/rpc/status.proto=google/rpc/status.proto' '-Igoogle/type/calendar_period.proto=google/type/calendar_period.proto' '-Igoogle/protobuf/empty.proto=bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/external/com_google_protobuf/_virtual_imports/empty_proto/google/protobuf/empty.proto' '-Igoogle/protobuf/field_mask.proto=bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/external/com_google_protobuf/_virtual_imports/field_mask_proto/google/protobuf/field_mask.proto' '-Igoogle/protobuf/wrappers.proto=bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/external/com_google_protobuf/_virtual_imports/wrappers_proto/google/protobuf/wrappers.proto' '-Igoogle/cloud/common_resources.proto=google/cloud/common_resources.proto' google/monitoring/v3/alert.proto google/monitoring/v3/alert_service.proto google/monitoring/v3/common.proto google/monitoring/v3/dropped_labels.proto google/monitoring/v3/group.proto google/monitoring/v3/group_service.proto google/monitoring/v3/metric.proto google/monitoring/v3/metric_service.proto google/monitoring/v3/mutation_record.proto google/monitoring/v3/notification.proto google/monitoring/v3/notification_service.proto google/monitoring/v3/query_service.proto google/monitoring/v3/service.proto google/monitoring/v3/service_service.proto google/monitoring/v3/snooze.proto google/monitoring/v3/snooze_service.proto google/monitoring/v3/span_context.proto google/monitoring/v3/uptime.proto google/monitoring/v3/uptime_service.proto google/cloud/common_resources.proto
+ ```
+ 4. Run the protoc command.
+
+ It shows nothing because it's waiting for a debugger to attach.
+
+2. In the IntelliJ that has gapic-generator-java, add [Remote JVM debug configuration](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/tutorial-remote-debug.html).
+
+3. Set a breakpoint, e.g., in the 1st line in the main method in [Main](src/main/java/com/google/api/generator/Main.java) (this line always get called).
+
+4. Start the Remote JVM Debug configuration and you can debug the generator in Intellij.
+ 
+
## FAQ
### Error in workspace: workspace() got unexpected keyword argument 'managed_directories'
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