org.eclipse.jdt.launching
Interface IVMConnector

public interface IVMConnector

A VM connector establishes a JDI connection with a debuggable virtual machine. This extension point provides a mechanism for abstracting the connection to a remote virtual machine.

A VM connector extension is defined in plugin.xml. Following is an example definition of a VM connector extension.

 <extension point="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.vmConnectors">
   <vmConnector 
      id="com.example.VMConnector"
      class="com.example.VMConnectorClass"
   </vmConnector>
 </extension>
 

The attributes are specified as follows:

• id specifies a unique identifier for this VM connector.
• class specifies the fully qualified name of the Java class that implements IVMConnector.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

void	connect(Map arguments, IProgressMonitor monitor, ILaunch launch) Establishes a JDI connection with a debuggable VM using the arguments specified in the given map, contributing results (debug targets and processes), to the given launch.
List	getArgumentOrder() Returns a list of argument names found in this connector's default argument map, defining the order in which arguments should be presented to the user.
Map	getDefaultArguments() Returns a map of default arguments used by this connector.
String	getIdentifier() Returns a unique indentifier for this kind of connector.
String	getName() Returns the name of this connector.

Method Detail

connect

public void connect(Map arguments,
                    IProgressMonitor monitor,
                    ILaunch launch)
             throws CoreException

Establishes a JDI connection with a debuggable VM using the arguments specified in the given map, contributing results (debug targets and processes), to the given launch.

Parameters:

arguments - Argument map to use in establishing a connection. The keys of the map are strings corresponding to the names of arguments returned by this connector's getDefaultAgruments() method. The values of the map are strings corresponding to the (String) values of the asscoiated com.sun.jdi.connect.Connector.Arguments to use.

monitor - progress monitor

launch - launch to contribute debug target(s) and/or process(es) to

Throws:

CoreException - if unable to establish a connection with the target VM

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this connector.

Returns:

the name of this connector

getIdentifier

public String getIdentifier()

Returns a unique indentifier for this kind of connector.

Returns:

a unique indentifier for this kind of connector

getDefaultArguments

public Map getDefaultArguments()
                        throws CoreException

Returns a map of default arguments used by this connector. The keys of the map are names of arguments used by this connector, and the values are of type com.sun.jdi.connect.Connector.Argument.

Returns:

argument map with default values

Throws:

CoreException - if unable to retrieve a default argument map

getArgumentOrder

public List getArgumentOrder()

Returns a list of argument names found in this connector's default argument map, defining the order in which arguments should be presented to the user. Since a map is not ordered, this provides control on how arguments will be presented to the user.

Returns:

list of argument names