com.install4j.api.windows
Class WinProcesses

java.lang.Object
  com.install4j.api.windows.WinProcesses

public class WinProcesses
extends java.lang.Object

Collection of static methods to check for running processes and terminate them.

Author:

ej-technologies GmbH

Nested Class Summary

static class

WinProcesses.Info Class that holds information about running processes.

Constructor Summary

WinProcesses()

Method Summary

static boolean	areInstalledLaunchersRunning() Determine if any of the installed launchers are currently running.
static boolean	closeProcesses(int[] processIds, int timeout) Tries to close the processes with the given ids by sending a VM_CLOSE message to all visible top-level windows.
static WinProcesses.Info[]	getRunningProcesses() Get a list of all running processes the installer can open.
static java.lang.String	getWindowTitle(int processId) Get the title of one of the visible top-level windows of this process.
static boolean	terminateProcesses(int[] processIds) Terminates the processes with the given ids forcefully.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WinProcesses

public WinProcesses()

Method Detail

getRunningProcesses

public static WinProcesses.Info[] getRunningProcesses()

Get a list of all running processes the installer can open.

Returns:

info objects with module name and process id.

areInstalledLaunchersRunning

public static boolean areInstalledLaunchersRunning()

Determine if any of the installed launchers are currently running. All launchers in the currently set installation directory are checked. The "Install Files" action performs this check by default and warns the user that processes are running. With this method you can check for this condition earlier in your installer.

Returns:

true or false.

getWindowTitle

public static java.lang.String getWindowTitle(int processId)

Get the title of one of the visible top-level windows of this process.

Parameters:

processId - the process id

Returns:

the title

terminateProcesses

public static boolean terminateProcesses(int[] processIds)

Terminates the processes with the given ids forcefully.

Parameters:

processIds - the processes to terminate

Returns:

true if all processes have been terminated.

closeProcesses

public static boolean closeProcesses(int[] processIds,
                                     int timeout)

Tries to close the processes with the given ids by sending a VM_CLOSE message to all visible top-level windows.

Parameters:

processIds - the processes to terminate

timeout - the maximum time to wait for the processes to terminate after the message has been sent in milliseconds

Returns:

true if all processes have been terminated.