Module jdk.jdi
Package com.sun.jdi.event

Interface Event

All Superinterfaces:
Mirror
All Known Subinterfaces:
AccessWatchpointEvent, BreakpointEvent, ClassPrepareEvent, ClassUnloadEvent, ExceptionEvent, LocatableEvent, MethodEntryEvent, MethodExitEvent, ModificationWatchpointEvent, MonitorContendedEnteredEvent, MonitorContendedEnterEvent, MonitorWaitedEvent, MonitorWaitEvent, StepEvent, ThreadDeathEvent, ThreadStartEvent, VMDeathEvent, VMDisconnectEvent, VMStartEvent, WatchpointEvent
public interface Event extends Mirror
An occurrence in a target VM that is of interest to a debugger. Event is the common superinterface for all events (examples include BreakpointEvent, ExceptionEvent, ClassPrepareEvent). When an event occurs, an instance of Event as a component of an EventSet is enqueued in the VirtualMachine's EventQueue.
Since:
1.3
See Also:

  • Method Details

    • request

      EventRequest request()
      Returns:
      The EventRequest that requested this event. Some events (eg. VMDeathEvent) may not have a corresponding request and thus will return null.