8006565: java.lang.instrument specification should make it clear that -javaagent is optional

Mandy Chung mandy.chung at oracle.com
Mon Jan 21 10:39:03 PST 2013


On 1/21/2013 5:21 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
>
> The optionally of JVM TI is clear in its specification, the status of 
> java.lang.management,

You meant java.lang.instrument (as in the subject).

> or more specifically the -javaagent option is less clear. The change 
> proposed here is to make it very clear that -javaagent is not required 
> to be supported. The motive is small environments where it should not 
> be necessary to have a way to start tool agents even though there may 
> be command-line support.

The change looks good to me.
Mandy


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