Debug Gatling Scala Code in Intellij with Maven Java Project - scala

Question

I didn't add a comment in this Debug Scala Post because in my opinion it was another setup.
I had a similiar problem with Maven instead of SBT. I used Maven because the complete Java project was built upon it and I only wanted to debug my Gatling Scala code. However I'm not able to debug the code with the IDE.
Here's what I tried:
Clean the built mvn clean install
Invalidate caches in IDEA with the menu button
Use println to see whether the code is reached - worked
Redeploy the project on the Glassfish
Delete the generated files in the Glassfish and redeploy
This is my current setup:
Maven 3.3.9
Glassfish Payara 4 build 163
IDEA 2016.3.4. built on January 31 2017
JDK 1.8.0_51
Gatling 2.2.3
Scala-Maven-Plug 3.2.2
My solution is as follows.

Answer 1

With the help of colleague I figured out that the main class in Engine from the Gatling tutorial can be used to debug out of Intellij.
I basically built the whole archetype and moved the following files into the corresponding folders:
src/test/resources/gatling.conf
src/test/scala/Engine.scala and IDEPathHelper
That did the trick for me.

Answer 2

If anybody is finding hard to this just create a logback.xml file under src/test/resources and mention the following according to your need:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<appender name="CONSOLE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
<encoder>
<pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%-5level] %logger{15} - %msg%n%rEx</pattern>
<immediateFlush>false</immediateFlush>
</encoder>
</appender>
<appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
<file>../gatling.log</file>
<append>true</append>
<encoder>
<pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%-5level] %logger{15} - %msg%n%rEx</pattern>
</encoder>
</appender>
<!-- Uncomment for logging ALL HTTP request and responses -->
<!-- <logger name="io.gatling.http.ahc" level="TRACE" /> -->
<!-- <logger name="io.gatling.http.response" level="TRACE" /> -->
<!-- Uncomment for logging ONLY FAILED HTTP request and responses -->
<logger name="io.gatling.http.ahc" level="DEBUG" />
<logger name="io.gatling.http.response" level="DEBUG" />
<root level="WARN">
<appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
</root>
<root level="WARN">
<appender-ref ref="FILE" />
</root>
</configuration>