VMDeathEvent (Java Debug Interface )
Keywords: com.sun.jdi.event.VMDeathEvent interface
Date: 2026-03-29

com.sun.jdi.event

## Interface VMDeathEvent

- All Superinterfaces:
    Event, Mirror

      @Exported
      public interface VMDeathEvent
      extends Event

  Notification of target VM termination. This event occurs if the target VM terminates before the VM disconnects (`VMDisconnectEvent`). Thus, this event will NOT occur if external forces terminate the connection (e.g. a crash) or if the connection is intentionally terminated with `VirtualMachine.dispose()`

  On VM termination, a single unsolicited VMDeathEvent will always be sent with a `suspend policy` of `SUSPEND_NONE`. Additional VMDeathEvents will be sent in the same event set if they are requested with a `VMDeathRequest`.

  The VM is still intact and can be queried at the point this event was initiated but immediately thereafter it is not considered intact and cannot be queried. Note: If the enclosing `EventSet` has a `suspend policy` other than `SUSPEND_ALL` the initiating point may be long past.

  All VMDeathEvents will be in a single `EventSet`, no other events will be in the event set. A resume must occur to continue execution after any event set which performs suspensions - in this case to allow proper shutdown.

  Since:
    1.3
  See Also:
    `VMDisconnectEvent`, `EventRequestManager.createVMDeathRequest()`, `VMDeathRequest`, `EventQueue`, `VirtualMachine`

- - ### Method Summary

    - ### Methods inherited from interface com.sun.jdi.event.Event

      `request`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface com.sun.jdi.Mirror

      `toString, virtualMachine`

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