Listens for one or more connections initiated by target VMs. The connector uses the given argument map in determining the address at which to listen or else it generates an appropriate listen address. In either case, an address string is returned from this method which can be used in starting target VMs to identify this connector. The format of the address string is connector, transport, and, possibly, platform dependent.
The argument map associates argument name strings to instances of {@link Connector.Argument}. The default argument map for a connector can be obtained through {@link Connector#defaultArguments}. Argument map values can be changed, but map entries should not be added or deleted.
This method does not return a {@link VirtualMachine}, and, normally, returns before any target VM initiates a connection. The connected target is obtained through {@link #accept} (using the same argument map as is passed to thismethod).
If arguments
contains addressing information. and only one conection will be accepted, the {@link #accept accept} methodcan be called immediately without calling this method.
@return the address at which the connector is listeningfor a connection.
@throws java.io.IOException when unable to start listening.Specific exceptions are dependent on the Connector implementation in use.
@throws IllegalConnectorArgumentsException when one of theconnector arguments is invalid.