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Java Platform Debugger Architecture
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The Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA) is a collection of
APIs
to
debug
Java
code.
Java Debugger Interface (JDI) – defines a high-level Java language interface that developers can easily use to write remote debugger application tools.
Java Virtual Machine Tools Interface
(JVMTI) – a native interface that helps to inspect the state and to control the execution of applications running in the
Java Virtual Machine
(
JVM
).
Java Virtual Machine Debug Interface (JVMDI) –
JVMDI was deprecated in J2SE 5.0 in favor of JVM TI, and was removed in Java SE 6.
Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) – defines communication between debuggee (a Java application) and
debugger
processes.