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/**

 * Provides the API to attach to a Java<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup>

 * virtual machine.

 * <p>

 * A tool, written in the Java Language, uses this API to attach to a target

 * virtual machine (VM) and load its tool agent into the target VM. For

 * example, a management console might have a management agent which it uses

 * to  obtain management information from instrumented objects in a Java

 * virtual machine. If the management console is required to manage

 * an application that is running in a virtual machine that does not include

 * the management agent, then this API can be used to attach to the target

 * VM and load the agent.

 *

 * @since 1.6

 */

@jdk.Exported

package com.sun.tools.attach;