./src/share/classes/java/lang/Process.java

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   */
  
  package java.lang;
  
  import java.io.*;
+ import java.util.ArrayList;
+ import java.util.Collections;
+ import java.util.List;
  import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
  
  /**
   * The {@link ProcessBuilder#start()} and
   * {@link Runtime#exec(String[],String[],File) Runtime.exec}
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   * to create a {@code Process}.
   *
   * @since   JDK1.0
   */
  public abstract class Process {
+ 
      /**
       * Returns the output stream connected to the normal input of the
       * subprocess.  Output to the stream is piped into the standard
       * input of the process represented by this {@code Process} object.
       *
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              return false;
          } catch(IllegalThreadStateException e) {
              return true;
          }
      }
+     
+     /**
+      * Returns the process id of the subprocess
+      * 
+      * @return the process id or -1 if the process is not alive
+      * @since 1.8
+      */
+     public abstract int getPid();
+ 
+     /**
+      * Returns the process id of the current process.
+      * 
+      * @return the process id of the current process.
+      * @since 1.8
+      *
+      **/
+     public static native int getCurrentPid();
+     
+     public abstract String getProcessName(int pid);
+ 
+     /**
+      * @return the process name of the current process.
+      * @since 1.8
+      */
+     public String getCurrentProcessName() {
+         return getProcessName( getCurrentPid() );
+     }
+ 
+     /**
+      * @return the process name of this process or null if no longer live
+      * @since 1.8
+      */
+     public String getProcessName() {
+         int pid = getPid();
+         if (pid >=0) {
+             return getProcessName( getPid() );
+         } else {
+             return null;
+         }
+     }
  }