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package sun.tools.common;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

A helper class to retrieve the main class name for a running Java process.
/** * A helper class to retrieve the main class name for a running * Java process. */
public interface ProcessHelper {
Returns an instance of the ProcessHelper class.
Returns:ProcessHelper object or null if not supported on this platform.
/** * Returns an instance of the ProcessHelper class. * * @return ProcessHelper object or null if not supported on this platform. */
public static ProcessHelper platformProcessHelper() { try { Class<?> c = Class.forName("sun.tools.ProcessHelper"); @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") Method m = c.getMethod("getInstance"); return (ProcessHelper) m.invoke(null); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { return null; } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) { throw new InternalError(e); } }
Returns the main class name for the given Java process
Params:
  • pid – - process ID (pid)
Returns:main class name or null if the main class could not be retrieved
/** * Returns the main class name for the given Java process * * @param pid - process ID (pid) * @return main class name or null if the main class could not be retrieved */
String getMainClass(String pid); }