MacProcesses (install4j API)

java.lang.Object

com.install4j.api.macos.MacProcesses

public class MacProcesses extends Object

Collection of static methods to check for running processes on macOS and terminate them.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type

Class

Description

static class

MacProcesses.Info

Class that holds information about running macOS processes.
Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor

Description

MacProcesses()
Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

static boolean

areInstalledLaunchersRunning()

Determine if any of the installed launchers are currently running.

static MacProcesses.Info[]

getRunningProcesses()

Get a list of all running processes the installer can see.

static boolean

terminateProcesses(int[] processIds, boolean force, int timeout)

Tries to close the processes with the given ids by sending a VM_CLOSE message to all visible top-level windows.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details
- MacProcesses
  
  public MacProcesses()
Method Details
- getRunningProcesses
  
  public static MacProcesses.Info[] getRunningProcesses()
  
  Get a list of all running processes the installer can see.
  
  Returns:
  
  info objects with module name, process id and further information
- terminateProcesses
  
  public static boolean terminateProcesses(int[] processIds, boolean force, int timeout)
  
  Tries to close the processes with the given ids by sending a VM_CLOSE message to all visible top-level windows.
  
  Parameters:
  
  processIds - the processes to terminate
  
  force - if the process should be killed with kill -9
  
  timeout - the maximum time to wait for the processes to terminate after the message has been sent in milliseconds. The minimum time is 400 ms regardless of a lower setting.
  
  Returns:
  
  true if all processes have been terminated.
- areInstalledLaunchersRunning
  
  public static boolean areInstalledLaunchersRunning()
  
  Determine if any of the installed launchers are currently running. All launchers in the currently set installation directory are checked. The "Install Files" action performs this check by default and warns the user that processes are running. With this method you can check for this condition earlier in your installer.
  
  Returns:
  
  true or false.