title: Thread dump programmatically /JDI (Java Debugger Interface)
body: <p>I like to generate a thread dump programmatically. I've learned that there a basically two ways to do it:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Use the "Java Virtual Machine Tool Interface" JVM-TI</li>
  <li>Use the higher abstracted "Java Debugger Interface" JDI</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>For the JVM-TI I was able to find some useful information, but I would have to write a JNI-DLL which, at least for the moment, I would like to avoid. With the JDI I can use Java and it seems I'm able to use it from within the application. But I wasn't able to find some kind of tutorial or HOWTO for it. The only documentation I could find, were the Java-Docs <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jpda/jdi/" rel="noreferrer">http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jpda/jdi/</a> which isn't very helpful, because it doesn't show me how to use this classes.</p>
  
  <p>So, does anybody know of a good tutorial/book I could read?</p>
  
  <p>Thx for any help!</p>