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* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.rubypeople.rdt.launching;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
import org.eclipse.debug.core.ILaunch;
/**
* A VM runner starts a Ruby VM running a Ruby program.
* <p>
* Clients may implement this interface to launch a new kind of VM.
* </p>
*/
public interface IVMRunner {
/**
* Launches a Ruby VM as specified in the given configuration,
* contributing results (debug targets and processes), to the
* given launch.
*
* @param configuration the configuration settings for this run
* @param launch the launch to contribute to
* @param monitor progress monitor or <code>null</code>
* @exception CoreException if an exception occurs while launching
*/
public void run(VMRunnerConfiguration configuration, ILaunch launch, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException;
public void setVMInstall(IVMInstall vm);
}