ThreadStart.java

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package com.sun.btrace.samples;

import com.sun.btrace.annotations.OnMethod;
import com.sun.btrace.annotations.BTrace;
import com.sun.btrace.annotations.Self;
import static com.sun.btrace.ext.Printer.*;
import com.sun.btrace.ext.Threads;
import com.sun.btrace.ext.Strings;
import com.sun.btrace.dtrace.D;

/*
 * This BTrace script inserts a probe into
 * method entry of java.lang.Thread.start() method.
 * At each Thread.start(), it raises a DTrace probe
 * in addition to printing the name of the thread.
 * A D-script like jthread.d may be used to get the
 * associated DTrace probe events.
 */
@BTrace public class ThreadStart {
    @OnMethod(
        clazz="java.lang.Thread",
        method="start"
    ) 
    public static void onnewThread(@Self Thread t) {
        D.probe("jthreadstart", Threads.name(t));
        println(Strings.strcat("starting ", Threads.name(t)));
    }
}