How do I start my Java program with more than one java agent ?

Question

Hello,

I'm aware of how to start a java progam with a java agent:

java -javaagent:myAgent.jar MyJavaProgram

But what if I want to add 2 or more java agents to instrument my program? I do not want to reinvoke the java -javaagent:... for every agent I have to load in JVM.

I've tried something like this :

java -javaagent:agentA.jar, agentB.jar MyJavaProgram

or something like this:

java -javaagent:agentA.jar agentB.jar MyJavaProgram

But have no success.

Is there an answer to solve my problem ?

Thank you.

Answer 1

It would appear you can do this by using multiple args. From the doc

On implementations with a command-line interface, an agent is started by adding this option to the command-line:

-javaagent:jarpath[=options]

jarpath is the path to the agent JAR file. options is the agent options. This switch may be used multiple times on the same command-line, thus creating multiple agents. More than one agent may use the same jarpath. An agent JAR file must conform to the JAR file specification.

(my emphasis)

Answer 2

how about two javaagent parameters

java -javaagent:agentA.jar -javaagent:agentB.jar MyJavaProgram