DTRACE JNI reference

[John Plocher]

Ref: using dtrace library/java interface...

See PSARC/2006/054 - DTrace JNI Binding

In particular, the mail log/spec:

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A. Introduction

The DTrace framework (PSARC 2001/466) allows Solaris users to instrument
the system in literally hundreds of thousands of places, and trace virtually
any data on the system. It has been used with tremendous success both
internally and at customer sites, but an inhibitor to adoption for some
potential users has been the lack of a GUI. This PSARC case proposes the
introduction of JNI bindings for DTrace that will allow for GUIs for DTrace
to be written in Java.

This case depends on the following PSARC case:
  2006/053 org.opensolaris.os: Public Java classes for Solaris
The paths listed below adhere to the current state of that case and will
be updated according to the final version of that case.


B. libdtrace_jni interfaces

This case proposes to introduce a set of Java APIs in the
org.opensolaris.os.dtrace package and a JNI library to
support those APIs. Those APIs constitute the extent of external interface.
For ease of viewing, the javadoc has been included in the case directory
in a directory named 'javadoc' in both html and pdf formats.


C. Stability

  _____________________________________________________________________
  | Interface                           | Classification    | Binding |
  |_____________________________________|___________________|_________|
  | org.opensolaris.os.dtrace package   | Evolving          | Patch   |
  | /usr/lib/java/dtrace.jar            | Evolving          | Patch   |
  | /usr/lib/java/javadoc/dtrace        | Evolving          | Patch   |
  |                                     |                   |         |
  | /usr/lib/libdtrace_jni.so           | Project Private   | Patch   |
  | /usr/lib/libdtrace_jni.so.1         | Project Private   | Patch   |
  |_____________________________________|___________________|_________|