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package com.sun.jdi.event;

import com.sun.jdi.*;


Notification of a new running thread in the target VM.
The new thread can be the result of a call to
Thread.start or the result of attaching a new thread to the VM though JNI. The notification is generated by the new thread some time before its execution starts. Because of this timing, it is possible to receive other events for the thread before this event is received. (Notably, MethodEntryEvents and MethodExitEvents might occur during thread initialization.) It is also possible for VirtualMachine.allThreads to return a new started thread before this event is received. 

Note that this event gives no information
about the creation of the thread object which may have happened
much earlier, depending on the VM being debugged.

Author:Robert Field
See Also:
Since: 1.3
/**
 * Notification of a new running thread in the target VM.
 * The new thread can be the result of a call to
 * <code>{@link java.lang.Thread#start}</code> or the result of
 * attaching a new thread to the VM though JNI. The
 * notification is generated by the new thread some time before
 * its execution starts.
 * Because of this timing, it is possible to receive other events
 * for the thread before this event is received. (Notably,
 * {@link MethodEntryEvent}s and {@link MethodExitEvent}s might occur
 * during thread initialization.)
 * It is also possible for {@link VirtualMachine#allThreads} to return
 * a new started thread before this event is received.
 * <p>
 * Note that this event gives no information
 * about the creation of the thread object which may have happened
 * much earlier, depending on the VM being debugged.
 *
 * @see EventQueue
 * @see VirtualMachine
 * @see ThreadReference
 *
 * @author Robert Field
 * @since  1.3
 */
public interface ThreadStartEvent extends Event {
    
Returns the thread which has started.

Returns:a ThreadReference which mirrors the event's thread in the target VM.
/**
     * Returns the thread which has started.
     *
     * @return a {@link ThreadReference} which mirrors the event's thread in
     * the target VM.
     */
    public ThreadReference thread();
}