Using SwingEventMonitor to monitor other applications?

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How do I use SwingEventMonitor to monitor mouse events in applications running in other JVMs?

The demo code I have can monitor mouse clicks in applications running within its own JVM, but applications started seperately or via jnlp are ignored.

How do I make sure Java loads my SwingEventMonitor app with every application, regardless of how its started (desktop or jnlp)

Java VisualVM, [jvisualvm](http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/share/jvisualvm.html), which is included with the JDK, maybe an alternative. — trashgod, Nov 12 '11 at 05:28
A useful debugging aid, but not something I can run on an end users machine. We'd already looked into it, but thanks for the suggestion. — DFriend, Nov 12 '11 at 19:03
Look at this [post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/504559/is-it-possible-to-have-a-mousemotionlistener-listen-to-all-system-mouse-motion-e), there are a couple of pointers — aymeric, Aug 09 '12 at 20:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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Run your monitor and create a sever = ServerSocket(MONITOR_PORT). Then listen for incoming connections:

while (true) {
    Socket socket = server.accept();
    connectionCount++;
    // start a new monitor thread for this connection
}

Note: SwingEventMonitor is not included anymore in JDK1.7, you may wish to push your own EventQueue. See What happened to SwingEventMonitor?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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