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Table 17-1.

Select Members of the System.Diagnostics Namespace

Process-Centric Types of the

System.Diagnostics Namespace

Meaning in Life

Process

The Process class provides access to local and remote

processes and also allows you to programmatically start and

stop processes.

ProcessModule

This type represents a module (*.dll or *.exe) that is loaded

into a particular process. Understand that the ProcessModule

type can represent any module—COM-based, .NET-based, or

traditional C-based binaries.

ProcessModuleCollection

Provides a strongly typed collection of ProcessModule objects.

ProcessStartInfo

Specifies a set of values used when starting a process via the

Process.Start() method.

ProcessThread

Represents a thread within a given process. Be aware that

ProcessThread is a type used to diagnose a process’s thread set

and is not used to spawn new threads of execution within a

process.

ProcessThreadCollection

Provides a strongly typed collection of ProcessThread objects.

The System.Diagnostics.Process type allows you to analyze the processes running on a given

machine (local or remote). The Process class also provides members that allow you to programmat-

ically start and terminate processes, view a process’s priority level, and obtain a list of active threads

and/or loaded modules within a given process. Table 17-2 lists some (but not all) of the key mem-

bers of System.Diagnostics.Process.

Table 17-2.

Select Members of the Process Type