Thread dump programmatically /JDI (Java Debugger Interface)

Question

I like to generate a thread dump programmatically. I\'ve learned that there a basically two ways to do it:

1. Use the \"Java Virtual Machine Tool Interface\" JVM-

Answer 1

There is a third way: Thread.getAllStackTraces()

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Thread.html#getAllStackTraces()

This is much easier than the debugger interface...