On 10 April 2017 at 00:04, <mark.reinh...@oracle.com> wrote: > Okay, so how about this revised proposal: > > - Define a new JAR-file manifest attribute, `Launcher-Agent-Class`. > If this attribute is present in the manifest of an executable JAR > file then the `agentmain` method of the specified class will be > invoked prior to invoking the `main` method of the application. > The JAR file will, effectively, be loaded also as a dynamic agent. > > This will allow `java -jar foo.jar` to be used in place of the more > verbose `java -javaagent:foo.jar -jar foo.jar`. > > - Mark
I think that is a better solution, also more backwards compatible, as it won't cause agents to unexpectedly start from existing jar files (as others also have pointed out in this thread). /Michael
