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  25 
  26 package com.sun.jdi.connect;
  27 
  28 import com.sun.jdi.VirtualMachine;
  29 import java.util.Map;
  30 import java.io.IOException;
  31 
  32 /**
  33  * A connector which can launch a target VM before connecting to it.
  34  *
  35  * @author Gordon Hirsch
  36  * @since  1.3
  37  */
  38 public interface LaunchingConnector extends Connector {
  39     /**
  40      * Launches an application and connects to its VM. Properties
  41      * of the launch (possibly including options,
  42      * main class, and arguments) are specified in
  43      * <code>arguments</code>.
  44      * The argument map associates argument name strings to instances
  45      * of {@link Connector.Argument}. The default argument map for a
  46      * connector can be obtained through {@link Connector#defaultArguments}.
  47      * Argument map values can be changed, but map entries should not be
  48      * added or deleted.
  49      * <p>A target VM launched by a launching connector is not
  50      * guaranteed to be stable until after the {@link com.sun.jdi.event.VMStartEvent} has been
  51      * received.
  52      * <p>
  53      * <b>Important note:</b> If a target VM is launched through this
  54      * funcctions, its output and error streams must be read as it
  55      * executes. These streams are available through the
  56      * {@link java.lang.Process Process} object returned by
  57      * {@link com.sun.jdi.VirtualMachine#process}. If the streams are not periodically
  58      * read, the target VM will stop executing when the buffers for these
  59      * streams are filled.
  60      *
  61      * @param arguments the argument map to be used in launching the VM.
  62      * @return the {@link VirtualMachine} mirror of the target VM.
  63      * @throws java.io.IOException when unable to launch.
  64      * Specific exceptions are dependent on the Connector implementation
  65      * in use.
  66      * @throws IllegalConnectorArgumentsException when one of the
  67      * connector arguments is invalid.
  68      * @throws VMStartException when the VM was successfully launched, but
  69      * terminated with an error before a connection could be established.
  70      */
  71     VirtualMachine launch(Map<String,? extends Connector.Argument> arguments)
  72         throws IOException, IllegalConnectorArgumentsException,
  73                VMStartException;
  74 }