org.rhq.enterprise.communications.command.impl.start.server
Class ProcessExec

java.lang.Object
  org.rhq.enterprise.communications.command.impl.start.server.ProcessExec

public class ProcessExec
extends Object

Used to execute a process. Uses StartCommand as the object used to encapsulate the metadata about the process to start.

Warning: caution should be exercised when using this class - it allows any process to be started with no security restrictions.

Author:

John Mazzitelli

Constructor Summary

ProcessExec()

Method Summary

StartCommandResponse

execute(StartCommand command) This executes any operating system process as described in the given start command.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ProcessExec

public ProcessExec()

Method Detail

execute

public StartCommandResponse execute(StartCommand command)

This executes any operating system process as described in the given start command. When this method returns, it can be assumed that the process was launched but not necessarily finished. The caller can ask this method to block until process exits by setting StartCommand.getWaitForExit(). On error, the exception will be returned in the returned response.

Subclasses may override this method to accept different types of commands; they just need to ensure that if they call this super method, that the command is of type StartCommand.

Parameters:

command - the command that contains metadata about the process to start

Returns:

the results of the command execution