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--                      GVD - The GNU Visual Debugger                       --
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--  This package provides system specific utilities to get information about
--  processes.

with GPS.Kernel; use GPS.Kernel;

package GVD.Proc_Utils is

   type Process_Handle is private;
   --  Handle of a process list.

   subtype Info_Len_Range is Natural range 0 .. 255;
   --  Range of a process information.

   type Process_Info
     (Id_Len   : Info_Len_Range := Info_Len_Range'First;
      Info_Len : Info_Len_Range := Info_Len_Range'First) is
   record
      Id   : String (1 .. Id_Len);
      Info : String (1 .. Info_Len);
   end record;
   --  Individual information concerning a process.

   procedure Open_Processes (Handle : out Process_Handle;
                             Kernel : Kernel_Handle);
   --  Initialize a connection to the debug machine in order to retrieve
   --  process information.

   procedure Next_Process
     (Handle  : Process_Handle;
      Info    : out Process_Info;
      Success : out Boolean);
   --  Return information concerning the next process.
   --  Success is set to True if there is a remaining process, false otherwise.

   procedure Close_Processes (Handle : in out Process_Handle);
   --  Close the connection established in handle.

private

   type Process_Record;
   type Process_Handle is access all Process_Record;

end GVD.Proc_Utils;
