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package org.springframework.instrument;

import java.lang.instrument.Instrumentation;

/**
 * Java agent that saves the {@link Instrumentation} interface from the JVM
 * for later use.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 2.0
 * @see org.springframework.instrument.classloading.InstrumentationLoadTimeWeaver
 */
public class InstrumentationSavingAgent {

	private static volatile Instrumentation instrumentation;


	/**
	 * Save the {@link Instrumentation} interface exposed by the JVM.
	 */
	public static void premain(String agentArgs, Instrumentation inst) {
		instrumentation = inst;
	}


	/**
	 * Return the {@link Instrumentation} interface exposed by the JVM.
	 * <p>Note that this agent class will typically not be available in the classpath
	 * unless the agent is actually specified on JVM startup. If you intend to do
	 * conditional checking with respect to agent availability, consider using
	 * {@link org.springframework.instrument.classloading.InstrumentationLoadTimeWeaver#getInstrumentation()}
	 * instead - which will work without the agent class in the classpath as well.
   * @return the <code>Instrumentation</code> instance previously saved when
   * the {@link #premain} method was called by the JVM; will be <code>null</code>
	 * if this class was not used as Java agent when this JVM was started.
	 * @see org.springframework.instrument.classloading.InstrumentationLoadTimeWeaver#getInstrumentation()
	 */
	public static Instrumentation getInstrumentation() {
		return instrumentation;
	}

}