com.sun.jdi.connect
Interface Connector

All Known Subinterfaces:

AttachingConnector, LaunchingConnector, ListeningConnector

public interface Connector

A method of connection between a debugger and a target VM. A connector encapsulates exactly one Transport. used to establish the connection. Each connector has a set of arguments which controls its operation. The arguments are stored as a map, keyed by a string. Each implementation defines the string argument keys it accepts.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

LaunchingConnector, AttachingConnector, ListeningConnector, Connector.Argument

Nested Class Summary

static interface	Connector.Argument Specification for and value of a Connector argument.
static interface	Connector.BooleanArgument Specification for and value of a Connector argument, whose value is Boolean.
static interface	Connector.IntegerArgument Specification for and value of a Connector argument, whose value is an integer.
static interface	Connector.SelectedArgument Specification for and value of a Connector argument, whose value is a String selected from a list of choices.
static interface	Connector.StringArgument Specification for and value of a Connector argument, whose value is a String.

Method Summary

Map	defaultArguments() Returns the arguments accepted by this Connector and their default values.
String	description() Returns a human-readable description of this connector and its purpose.
String	name() Returns a short identifier for the connector.
Transport	transport() Returns the transport mechanism used by this connector to establish connections with a target VM.

Method Detail

name

public String name()

Returns a short identifier for the connector. Connector implementors should follow similar naming conventions as are used with packages to avoid name collisions. For example, the Sun connector implementations have names prefixed with "com.sun.jdi.". Not intended for exposure to end-user.

Returns:

the name of this connector.

description

public String description()

Returns a human-readable description of this connector and its purpose.

Returns:

the description of this connector

transport

public Transport transport()

Returns the transport mechanism used by this connector to establish connections with a target VM.

Returns:

the Transport used by this connector.

defaultArguments

public Map defaultArguments()

Returns the arguments accepted by this Connector and their default values. The keys of the returned map are string argument names. The values are Connector.Argument containing information about the argument and its default value.

Returns:

the map associating argument names with argument information and default value.