FlightOfStairs/Dacca — Issue #2: Attach to running process
Author: FlightOfStairs
Created: 2012-02-29 19:45:02+00:00
State: open

Agents can be loaded at runtime using the Attach API. http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/jdk/api/attach/spec/com/sun/tools/attach/VirtualMachine.html

Merely running executable jars is too limiting, and prevents analysing applications started by complex scripts (there are many).