Question

I have a NetBeans Module project using Maven loaded up in the NetBeans IDE. I need to debug the module. When I push the debug button I get the following error message:

The IDE needs to define ${netbeans.run.params.ide} in order to run this action. Currently you project’s plugin configuration does not interpret this variable. Adjust D:\mypath\pom.xml to use it defined?

In my pom I do not have the additionalArguments tag set and I have:

<properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <netbeans.run.params.ide></netbeans.run.params.ide>
    <netbeans.run.params>${netbeans.run.params.ide}</netbeans.run.params>
</properties>

Even the pom navigator inside the IDE show that the property is there. So my question is straightforward. What the heck is causing that error?

Answer 1

Though the interrogation of somebody much smarter than me I have found the answer to this. Somewhere along the line, something had added the line

<netbeans.run.params></netbeans.run.params>

to my ~home/.m2/settings.xml file. This was overriding the property when the IDE tried to set it.