apps/Term/src/com/android/term/Exec.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package com.android.term;

import java.io.FileDescriptor;

/**
 * Utility methods for creating and managing a subprocess.
 * <p>
 * Note: The native methods access a package-private
 * java.io.FileDescriptor field to get and set the raw Linux
 * file descriptor. This might break if the implementation of
 * java.io.FileDescriptor is changed.
 */

public class Exec
{
    static {
        System.loadLibrary("term");
    }

    /**
     * Create a subprocess. Differs from java.lang.ProcessBuilder in
     * that a pty is used to communicate with the subprocess.
     * <p>
     * Callers are responsible for calling Exec.close() on the returned
     * file descriptor.
     *
     * @param cmd The command to execute
     * @param arg0 The first argument to the command, may be null
     * @param arg1 the second argument to the command, may be null
     * @param processId A one-element array to which the process ID of the
     * started process will be written.
     * @return the file descriptor of the started process.
     *
     */
    public static native FileDescriptor createSubprocess(
        String cmd, String arg0, String arg1, int[] processId);
        
    /**
     * Set the widow size for a given pty. Allows programs
     * connected to the pty learn how large their screen is.
     */
    public static native void setPtyWindowSize(FileDescriptor fd,
       int row, int col, int xpixel, int ypixel);

    /**
     * Causes the calling thread to wait for the process associated with the
     * receiver to finish executing.
     *
     * @return The exit value of the Process being waited on
     *
     */
    public static native int waitFor(int processId);

    /**
     * Close a given file descriptor.
     */
    public static native void close(FileDescriptor fd);
}