How can I use java.lang.instrument in an Eclipse RCP application?

Question

In order to use the instrumentation features introduced in JDK 5, you can use the -javaagent flag passed to the JVM. This will inject an instance of an Instrume

Answer 1

I think the simplest solution is to use the global properties object. Have pre-main store the instrumentation object as a global properties and then access it from everywhere (the properties object is the same in all class loaders):

[Edit: updated]

public class MyClass {
    private static final String KEY = "my.instrumentation";
    public static void premain(String options, Instrumentation inst) {
        Properties props = System.getProperties();
        if(props.get(KEY) == null)
           props.put(KEY, inst);
    }

    public static Instrumentation getInstrumentation() { 
       return System.getProperties().get(KEY);
    }
}