| Attach provider class for attaching to a Java virtual machine.
An attach provider is a concrete subclass of this class that has a
zero-argument constructor and implements the abstract methods specified
below.
An attach provider implementation is typically tied to a Java virtual
machine implementation, version, or even mode of operation. That is, a specific
provider implementation will typically only be capable of attaching to
a specific Java virtual machine implementation or version. For example, Sun's
JDK implementation ships with provider implementations that can only attach to
Sun's HotSpot virtual machine. In general, if an environment
consists of Java virtual machines of different versions and from different
vendors then there will be an attach provider implementation for each
family of implementations or versions.
An attach provider is identified by its
AttachProvider.name name and
AttachProvider.type type . The name is typically, but not required to
be, a name that corresponds to the VM vendor. The Sun JDK implementation,
for example, ships with attach providers that use the name "sun". The
type typically corresponds to the attach mechanism. For example, an
implementation that uses the Doors inter-process communication mechanism
might use the type "doors". The purpose of the name and type is to
identify providers in environments where there are multiple providers
installed.
AttachProvider implementations are loaded and instantiated at the first
invocation of the
AttachProvider.providers() providers method. This method
attempts to load all provider implementations that are installed on the
platform.
All of the methods in this class are safe for use by multiple
concurrent threads.
since:
1.6 | 