com.esf.util.proc.service
Interface IProcessUtilityService

All Known Implementing Classes:

Process

public interface IProcessUtilityService

Provides utilities for dealing with starting and stopping system processes.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

SERVICE_NAME service name of this interface for the bundle activator (com.esf.util.proc.service)

Method Summary

int	getPid(java.lang.String command) gets the PID of a process running in the process list
boolean	kill(int pid) kills a process running in the process list based on its PID
boolean	killAll(java.lang.String command) kills all processes with the name specified by the String command
int	start(java.lang.String command) starts a process using the Runtime and Process classes

Field Detail

SERVICE_NAME

public static final java.lang.String SERVICE_NAME

service name of this interface for the bundle activator (com.esf.util.proc.service)

Method Detail

start

public int start(java.lang.String command)
          throws java.lang.Exception

starts a process using the Runtime and Process classes

Parameters:

command - the command to execute

Returns:

the return code of the process that is executed

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if the execution fails

getPid

public int getPid(java.lang.String command)
           throws java.lang.Exception

gets the PID of a process running in the process list

Parameters:

command - the command to get the PID of

Returns:

the PID of the first instance of the command, -1 if the PID is not found

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if the pid search fails

kill

public boolean kill(int pid)

kills a process running in the process list based on its PID

Parameters:

pid - the PID of the process to kill

Returns:

true if the kill succeeded, otherwise false

killAll

public boolean killAll(java.lang.String command)

kills all processes with the name specified by the String command

Parameters:

command - the command to kill from the process list

Returns:

true if the command is successfully killed, otherwise false