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25package sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger;
26
27/** <P> This interface abstracts raw access to operating system-level
28    threads. In a debugging environment these methods map to, for
29    example, thread_db calls on Solaris (see /usr/include/thread_db.h)
30    or the Win32 debugging API calls. In a runtime environment these
31    might map directly to pthread calls. </P>
32
33    <P> Implementors of this interface must provide equals() and
34    hashCode() methods which work properly regardless of how the
35    ThreadProxy is obtained, in particular either through {@link
36    sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.ThreadAccess} or the thread list provided
37    by {@link sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.cdbg.CDebugger}. This allows
38    matching up of the OS's notion of the thread list of the target
39    process with any user-level lists that may be present (i.e., the
40    JavaThread list in the HotSpot VM). </P>
41
42    <P> Implementors of this interface should also provide a
43    toString() which converts the ThreadProxy to a value easily
44    recognizable in the platform's debugger. (For example, on Solaris,
45    "t@&lt;id&gt;".) </P>
46
47    <P> FIXME: had to be renamed from "Thread" to avoid numerous
48    clashes with java.lang.Thread -- would be nice to pick a more
49    consistent name with the rest of the system. </P> */
50
51public interface ThreadProxy {
52  /** Retrieves the context for the given thread. It is only valid to
53      call this method if the thread is suspended (i.e., the process
54      has not been resumed via ProcessControl); throws an
55      IllegalThreadStateException if it is not. */
56  public ThreadContext getContext() throws IllegalThreadStateException;
57
58  /** Indicates whether calls to setContext() are valid. */
59  public boolean canSetContext() throws DebuggerException;
60
61  /** Sets the context for the given thread. The passed ThreadContext
62      must be a modified version of one returned from a previous call
63      to getContext(). It is only valid to call this method if the
64      thread is suspended (i.e., the process has not been resumed via
65      ProcessControl); throws an IllegalThreadStateException if it is
66      not. Throws a DebuggerException if the target process can not be
67      modified, for example because it is a core file. */
68  public void setContext(ThreadContext context)
69    throws IllegalThreadStateException, DebuggerException;
70}
71