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package com.sun.jdi.event;

import com.sun.jdi.*;

/**

 * Notification of a new running thread in the target VM.

 * The new thread can be the result of a call to

 * <code>{@link java.lang.Thread#start}</code> or the result of

 * attaching a new thread to the VM though JNI. The

 * notification is generated by the new thread some time before

 * its execution starts.

 * Because of this timing, it is possible to receive other events

 * for the thread before this event is received. (Notably,

 * {@link MethodEntryEvent}s and {@link MethodExitEvent}s might occur

 * during thread initialization.)

 * It is also possible for {@link VirtualMachine#allThreads} to return

 * a new started thread before this event is received.

 * <p>

 * Note that this event gives no information

 * about the creation of the thread object which may have happened

 * much earlier, depending on the VM being debugged.

 *

 * @see EventQueue

 * @see VirtualMachine

 * @see ThreadReference

 *

 * @author Robert Field

 * @since  1.3

 */

@jdk.Exported

public interface ThreadStartEvent extends Event {

    /**

     * Returns the thread which has started.

     *

     * @return a {@link ThreadReference} which mirrors the event's thread in

     * the target VM.

     */

    public ThreadReference thread();

}