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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jdt.launching;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
import org.eclipse.debug.core.ILaunch;


/**
 * A VM runner starts a Java VM running a Java program.
 * <p>
 * Clients may implement this interface to launch a new kind of VM.
 * </p>
 */
public interface IVMRunner {
		
	/**
	 * Launches a Java VM as specified in the given configuration,
	 * contributing results (debug targets and processes), to the
	 * given launch.
	 *
	 * @param configuration the configuration settings for this run
	 * @param launch the launch to contribute to
	 * @param monitor progress monitor or <code>null</code> A cancelable progress monitor is provided by the Job
	 *  framework. It should be noted that the setCanceled(boolean) method should never be called on the provided
	 *  monitor or the monitor passed to any delegates from this method; due to a limitation in the progress monitor 
	 *  framework using the setCanceled method can cause entire workspace batch jobs to be canceled, as the canceled flag 
	 *  is propagated up the top-level parent monitor. The provided monitor is not guaranteed to have been started. 
	 * @exception CoreException if an exception occurs while launching
	 */
	public void run(VMRunnerConfiguration configuration, ILaunch launch, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException;	
	
}