Name: rlT66838 Date: 02/29/2000


java version "1.2.2"
Classic VM (build JDK-1.2.2-W, native threads, symcjit)

This feature request also applies to J2SDK, SE v1.3 [RC1]

It is a common requirement (particularly in corporate environments) when
launching applications that only one instance of a given application be able to
be run at a time.

Currently if the java command (or its javaw variant) is executed multiple times
for a given application it simply launches multiple instances of that
application.

The java command (and in particular its javaw variant) should be changed to
include an additional command-line option which would allow the specification
that only one instance of the application should be run at a time.

In the case of the Windows javaw command if this option was specified and the
application was already executing, control would pass to the application
instance already executing (and if necessary reactivate the application if it
had been minimised to the Windows task bar).

Inclusion of this improvement to the java/javaw command would make application
deployment easier and the acceptance of Java into the corporate application
environment.
(Review ID: 101834)
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