Hi folks,
I'm hoping for some feedback on the above. Webrev:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~robm/4244896/webrev.00/
This bug adds two abstract methods to Process.java with the intention of:
1) providing a facility to implement a destroyForcibly method. In
practical terms this means provide a method that will send a SIGKILL to
the subprocess in *nix environments as opposed to the SIGTERM that is
currently being sent. (Windows' destroy() method effectively behaves
like this already)
2) providing a facility to check whether the subprocess is still alive.
As per the bug report the toString/pid work has been left to be
completed separately.
Notes:
a) It has been pointed out to me that the addition of abstract methods
to java.lang.Process should be discussed, particularly as to whether
default methods should be provided.
b) In src/windows/native/java/lang/ProcessImpl_md.c I chose to use
WaitForSingleObject on the off chance that a process may choose to
return STILL_ACTIVE as an error code.
Thanks!
-Rob
