public static boolean isProcessAlive(final Process process) {
    notNull(process, "Invalid process '" + process + "' specified");

    return process.isAlive();
  }
Returns true if a process identified by the specified Process is currently running on this host
machine.

@param process the Process to check
@return true if the Process is a currently running process
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/process/ProcessUtils.java