JDK-6447323 : (process) Native OS process information and control
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.lang
  • Affected Version: 7
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2006-07-10
  • Updated: 2014-06-06
  • Resolved: 2012-11-15
Related Reports
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JDK-8003490 - (process) Provide Process.getCurrentPid() to get identifier of current process
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JDK-8046092 - JEP 102: Process API Updates
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JDK-8003488 - (process) Provide Process.getPid()
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JDK-4244896 - (process) Provide Process.waitFor(timeout), Process.destroyForcibly() and Process.isAlive()
Description
This RFE will propose a new API to augment current JRE interfaces related to native OS processes. Details forthcoming.

(This was mistakenly filed as a request for a specific, and improperly interpreted
subset of the above mentioned plan. The synopsis has been generalized and more details
are forthcoming.
From the user's viewpoint this has nothing to do with operating environment processes (aka "native processes"), thus no "(process)" prefix. The implementation will of course be a different story, depending on the underlying OE (e.g. if it has any non-Java processes).
Comments
Cleanup.
15-11-2012
http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/102 outlines the current plans in this area.
15-11-2012
EVALUATION There are also a few interfaces providing some information about the "current process" of a Java program. See, for example, Runtime.maxMemory, Runtime.freeMemory, etc.
12-06-2008
EVALUATION JDK 6 has the com.sun.tools.attach API that contains a method to enumerate all JDK 6 processes. See the document at http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/attach/index.html
30-01-2008