| J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | /* |
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| 25 | |
| 26 | package com.sun.jdi.event; |
| 27 | |
| 28 | import com.sun.jdi.*; |
| 29 | |
| 30 | /** |
| 31 | * Notification of a class prepare in the target VM. See the JVM |
| 32 | * specification for a definition of class preparation. Class prepare |
| 33 | * events are not generated for primtiive classes (for example, |
| 34 | * java.lang.Integer.TYPE). |
| 35 | * |
| 36 | * @see EventQueue |
| 37 | * @see VirtualMachine |
| 38 | * |
| 39 | * @author Robert Field |
| 40 | * @since 1.3 |
| 41 | */ |
| 42 | public interface ClassPrepareEvent extends Event { |
| 43 | /** |
| 44 | * Returns the thread in which this event has occurred. |
| 45 | * <p> |
| 46 | * In rare cases, this event may occur in a debugger system |
| 47 | * thread within the target VM. Debugger threads take precautions |
| 48 | * to prevent these events, but they cannot be avoided under some |
| 49 | * conditions, especially for some subclasses of |
| 50 | * {@link java.lang.Error}. |
| 51 | * If the event was generated by a debugger system thread, the |
| 52 | * value returned by this method is null, and if the requested |
| 53 | * suspend policy for the event was |
| 54 | * {@link com.sun.jdi.request.EventRequest#SUSPEND_EVENT_THREAD}, |
| 55 | * all threads will be suspended instead, and the |
| 56 | * {@link EventSet#suspendPolicy} will reflect this change. |
| 57 | * <p> |
| 58 | * Note that the discussion above does not apply to system threads |
| 59 | * created by the target VM during its normal (non-debug) operation. |
| 60 | * |
| 61 | * @return a {@link ThreadReference} which mirrors the event's thread in |
| 62 | * the target VM, or null in the rare cases described above. |
| 63 | */ |
| 64 | public ThreadReference thread(); |
| 65 | |
| 66 | /** |
| 67 | * Returns the reference type for which this event was generated. |
| 68 | * |
| 69 | * @return a {@link ReferenceType} which mirrors the class, interface, or |
| 70 | * array which has been linked. |
| 71 | */ |
| 72 | public ReferenceType referenceType(); |
| 73 | } |