I think definitely no. Spec means that entry point for starting thread is an address in native code, and creating Java object for this thread is not required. Spec does not deny calling JNI or JVMTI functions from agent thread.
BTW, Harmony's implementation of JVMTI can involve calling Java code (if it' was not fixed already). -- Ilya 2007/8/25, Weldon Washburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Does anyone know if these threads need to run java code? The spec is > vague. The spec says, "...the created thread can run entirely in > native code." Does the spec really mean "only" instead of "can"? > > -- > Weldon Washburn >
