Using alternative connectors?

Is it possible to attach to the program being debugged using a different type of connector? Analogous to how jdb can be started with

jdb -connect sun.jvm.hotspot.jdi.SAPIDAttachingConnector:pid=XYZ

Looking at the source, it seems like the connector names are hardcoded in DebugProcessImpl.java, but there mgiht be something that I've missed.

Thanks, Nick