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authorMark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>2001-10-01 18:24:54 +0000
committerMark Wielaard <mark@gcc.gnu.org>2001-10-01 18:24:54 +0000
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FileWriter.java: Merge with Classpath.
* java/io/FileWriter.java: Merge with Classpath. * java/io/FilterInputStream.java: Ditto. (mark): no longer synchronized (reset): Likewise * java/io/FilterOutputStream.java: Merge with Classpath. * java/io/FilterReader.java: Ditto. (mark): no longer synchronized (reset): Likewise * java/io/FilterWriter.java: Merge with Classpath. * java/io/Writer.java: Ditto. * java/lang/Compiler.java: Ditto. * java/lang/Process.java: Ditto. * java/lang/Void.java: Ditto. * java/net/ContentHandler.java: Ditto. * java/net/DatagramPacket.java: Ditto. * java/net/MulticastSocket.java: Merge comments with Classpath. From-SVN: r45930
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-// Process.java - Represent spawned system process.
+/* Process.java - Represent spawned system process.
+ Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
- This file is part of libgcj.
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+As a special exception, if you link this library with other files to
+produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
+resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
+executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */
-This software is copyrighted work licensed under the terms of the
-Libgcj License. Please consult the file "LIBGCJ_LICENSE" for
-details. */
package java.lang;
-import java.io.*;
-/**
- * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
- * @date October 23, 1998.
- */
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
/* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-31002-3
*/
+/**
+ * An instance of a subclass of <code>Process</code> is created by the
+ * <code>Runtime.exec</code> methods. Methods in <code>Process</code>
+ * provide a means to send input to a process, obtain the output from a
+ * subprocess, destroy a subprocess, obtain the exit value from a
+ * subprocess, and wait for a subprocess to complete.
+ *
+ * @since JDK 1.0
+ *
+ * @author Brian Jones
+ * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
+ */
public abstract class Process
{
- abstract public void destroy ();
- abstract public int exitValue ();
- abstract public InputStream getErrorStream ();
- abstract public InputStream getInputStream ();
- abstract public OutputStream getOutputStream ();
- abstract public int waitFor () throws InterruptedException;
+ /**
+ * Empty constructor does nothing.
+ */
+ public Process() { }
+
+ /**
+ * Obtain the output stream of the subprocess. It may help to
+ * associate this stream as the redirected STDIN file descriptor of
+ * the subprocess.
+ */
+ public abstract OutputStream getOutputStream();
+
+ /**
+ * Obtain the input stream of the subprocess. It may help to
+ * associate this stream as the redirected STDOUT file descriptor of
+ * the subprocess.
+ */
+ public abstract InputStream getInputStream();
+
+ /**
+ * Obtain the error input stream of the subprocess. It may help to
+ * associate this stream as the redirected STDERR file descriptor of
+ * the subprocess.
+ */
+ public abstract InputStream getErrorStream();
+
+ /**
+ * The thread calling <code>waitFor</code> will block until the subprocess
+ * has terminated. If the process has already terminated then the method
+ * immediately returns with the exit value of the subprocess.
+ *
+ * @returns the exit value of the subprocess. A return of <code>0</code>
+ * denotes normal process termination by convention.
+ *
+ * @throws InterruptedException is thrown if another thread interrupts
+ * the waiting thread. The waiting thread stops waiting.
+ */
+ public abstract int waitFor()
+ throws InterruptedException;
+
+ /**
+ * When a process terminates there is associated with that termination
+ * an exit value for the process to indicate why it terminated. A return
+ * of <code>0</code> denotes normal process termination by convention.
+ *
+ * @returns the exit value of the subprocess.
+ * @throws IllegalThreadStateException is thrown if the subprocess
+ * represented by the subclass of this class has not yet terminated.
+ */
+ public abstract int exitValue();
+
+ /**
+ * Kills the subprocess and all of its children forcibly.
+ */
+ public abstract void destroy();
+
}