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  24 
  25 package sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.cdbg;
  26 
  27 import java.util.*;
  28 import sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.*;
  29 
  30 /** Interface describing how to debug C and C++ programs. Being kept
  31     very minimal and incomplete for now; can be extended later. */
  32 
  33 public interface CDebugger {
  34   /** Fetch the thread list for the target process as a List of
  35       ThreadProxy objects. Do not mutate this list. Throws
  36       DebuggerException if the target process is not suspended (via
  37       ProcessControl) or if the fetch failed for some other reason. */
  38   public List/*<ThreadProxy>*/ getThreadList() throws DebuggerException;
  39 
  40   /** Return a list of LoadObjects in the target process. Do not
  41       mutate this list. Throws DebuggerException if the target process
  42       is not suspended (via ProcessControl) or if the fetch failed for
  43       some other reason. */
  44   public List/*<LoadObject>*/ getLoadObjectList() throws DebuggerException;
  45 
  46   /** Fetch the loadobject containing the current program counter.
  47       Returns null if the PC was outside the ranges of all loadobjects
  48       in the target process. Throws DebuggerException if the target
  49       process is not suspended (via ProcessControl) or if the fetch
  50       failed for some other reason. */
  51   public LoadObject loadObjectContainingPC(Address pc) throws DebuggerException;
  52 
  53   /** Create a CFrame object for the top frame of the given thread,
  54       specified as a ThreadProxy. Returns null if there are no frames
  55       on the stack or the frame can not be created for some other
  56       reason. Throws DebuggerException if the target process is not
  57       suspended (via ProcessControl). */
  58   public CFrame topFrameForThread(ThreadProxy t)
  59     throws DebuggerException, IllegalThreadStateException;
  60 
  61   /** Get the file name component for the given full path to a DLL.
  62       (The path separator characters and behavior of File.getName()
  63       are platform-specific.) */
  64   public String getNameOfFile(String fileName) throws DebuggerException;
  65 
  66   /** Fetch a ProcessControl object for the target process, enabling
  67       suspension, resumption and event handling. This method may
  68       return null for many reasons, including that the underlying
  69       implementation does not support process interaction, or that the
  70       target process is dead (i.e., a core file). */
  71   public ProcessControl getProcessControl() throws DebuggerException;
  72 
  73   /** is demangling of C++ symbols supported by this CDebugger? */
  74   public boolean canDemangle();
  75 
  76   /** Demangle C++ symbols into readable strings, if possible.
  77       otherwise returns the input symbol back. */
  78   public String demangle(String sym) throws UnsupportedOperationException;
  79 }