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1 /*
2 * Copyright 2000-2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
4 *
5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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23 */
24
25 package sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger;
26
27 import java.util.*;
28 import sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.cdbg.CDebugger;
29
30 public interface Debugger extends SymbolLookup, ThreadAccess {
31 /** Indicates whether this underlying debugger can provide a list of
32 currently-running processes. */
33 public boolean hasProcessList() throws DebuggerException;
34
35 /** Provide a snapshot of the list of currently-running processes in
36 the form of a List of ProcessInfo objects. Must only be called
37 if hasProcessList(), above, returns true. */
38 public List getProcessList() throws DebuggerException;
39
40 /** If an error occurs during attachment (i.e., "no such process"),
41 the thrown DebuggerException will contain a description of the
42 error in its message string. */
43 public void attach(int processID) throws DebuggerException;
44
45 /** This attaches the debugger to the given coreFileName, which is
46 assumed to have been generated from the specified
47 executableName. If an error occurs during loading of the core
48 file (i.e., "no such file"), the thrown DebuggerException will
49 contain a description of the error in its message string. */
50 public void attach(String executableName, String coreFileName)
51 throws DebuggerException;
52
53 /** Detach from the remote process. Returns false if not currently
54 attached. */
55 public boolean detach() throws DebuggerException;
56
57 /** Parse an address from a hex string in the format "0xFFFFFFFF".
58 The length of the address (i.e., 32 or 64 bits) is platform
59 dependent. This method should ONLY be used by routines which
60 need to interact with the user and parse a string entered by
61 hand; for example, a graphical user interface. This routine
62 should NOT be used to subvert the current safety mechanisms in
63 the system which prevent arbitrary conversion from Address to
64 long and back. */
65 public Address parseAddress(String addressString)
66 throws NumberFormatException, DebuggerException;
67
68 /** Returns the 64-bit value of an Address. This method should ONLY
69 be used when implementing a debugger which needs to interface to
70 C and which needs a unique identifier for certain objects. */
71 public long getAddressValue(Address addr) throws DebuggerException;
72
73 /** Support for remote debugging. Get the name of the operating
74 system on which this debugger is running (to be able to properly
75 configure the local system). Typical return values are
76 "solaris", "linux", "win32"; see utilities/PlatformInfo.java. */
77 public String getOS() throws DebuggerException;
78
79 /** Support for remote debugging. Get the name of the CPU type on
80 which this debugger is running (to be able to properly configure
81 the local system). Typical return values are "sparc", "x86"; see
82 utilities/PlatformInfo.java. */
83 public String getCPU() throws DebuggerException;
84
85 /** Retrieve the machine description for the underlying hardware for
86 the cases in which we need to do, for example, machine-dependent
87 byte swapping */
88 public MachineDescription getMachineDescription() throws DebuggerException;
89
90 /** Find out whether this debugger has a console available on which
91 commands can be executed; see executeCommandOnConsole, below.
92 This is an interim routine designed to allow access to the
93 underlying dbx process on Solaris until we have disassembly,
94 etc. in the SA. */
95 public boolean hasConsole() throws DebuggerException;
96
97 /** If the underlying debugger has a console (as dbx does), this
98 provides access to it. Takes in a platform-dependent String,
99 executes it on the debugger's console, and returns any output as
100 a String. */
101 public String consoleExecuteCommand(String cmd) throws DebuggerException;
102
103 /** If the underlying debugger has a console, this returns the
104 debugger-specific prompt which should be displayed. */
105 public String getConsolePrompt() throws DebuggerException;
106
107 /** If this platform supports C/C++ debugging via the CDebugger
108 interface, returns a CDebugger object; otherwise returns
109 null. */
110 public CDebugger getCDebugger() throws DebuggerException;
111
112 /** the following methods are intended only for RemoteDebuggerClient */
113 public long getJBooleanSize();
114 public long getJByteSize();
115 public long getJCharSize();
116 public long getJDoubleSize();
117 public long getJFloatSize();
118 public long getJIntSize();
119 public long getJLongSize();
120 public long getJShortSize();
121
122 public ReadResult readBytesFromProcess(long address, long numBytes)
123 throws DebuggerException;
124
125 public void writeBytesToProcess(long address, long numBytes, byte[] data)
126 throws UnmappedAddressException, DebuggerException;
127 }