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package com.sun.jdi;

/**
 * Initial class that provides access to the default implementation
 * of JDI interfaces. A debugger application uses this class to access the
 * single instance of the {@link VirtualMachineManager} interface.
 *
 * @author Gordon Hirsch
 * @since  1.3
 */

public class Bootstrap extends Object {

    /**
     * Returns the virtual machine manager.
     *
     * <p> May throw an unspecified error if initialization of the
     * {@link com.sun.jdi.VirtualMachineManager} fails or if
     * the virtual machine manager is unable to locate or create
     * any {@link com.sun.jdi.connect.Connector Connectors}. </p>
     * <p>
     * @throws java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager has been
     * installed and it denies {@link JDIPermission}
     * <tt>("virtualMachineManager")</tt> or other unspecified
     * permissions required by the implementation.
     * </p>
     */
    static public synchronized VirtualMachineManager virtualMachineManager() {
        return com.sun.tools.jdi.VirtualMachineManagerImpl.virtualMachineManager();
    }
}