# io.github.libtmux.Server.captureServer

- **Module:** io.github.libtmux
- **Package:** io.github.libtmux:libtmux
- **Language:** Java
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-java/blob/5f88402151ff08fc0390dd438b90963692ec3fe4/libtmux/src/main/java/io/github/libtmux/Server.java#L1085
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-server-server-captureserver/

```
@Operation(Kind.READ)
public CapturedServer captureServer()
```

Captures metadata and entity handles from one observed hierarchy.

Accessing the returned view or its captured relations issues no commands. Acquisition
uses the same consistency checks and replacement retry as {@link #snapshot()}.

## Raises

- [`ServerUnavailableException`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-exception-serverunavailableexception-serverunavailableexception/): if no daemon is running
- [`LibTmuxException`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-exception-libtmuxexception-libtmuxexception/): if the capture otherwise fails