1 /* VMGarbageCollectorMXBeanImpl.java - VM interface for a GC bean
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37 
38 package gnu.java.lang.management;
39 
40 /**
41  * Provides access to information about the garbage collectors
42  * of the virtual machine.  Garbage collectors are responsible
43  * for removing unreferenced objects from memory.  A garbage
44  * collector is a type of memory manager, so this interface
45  * is combined with that of generic memory managers.  An instance
46  * of this bean for each garbage collector is obtained by calling
47  * {@link ManagementFactory#getGarbageCollectorMXBeans()}.
48  *
49  * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
50  * @since 1.5
51  */
52 final class VMGarbageCollectorMXBeanImpl
53 {
54 
VMGarbageCollectorMXBeanImpl()55   private VMGarbageCollectorMXBeanImpl() {} // Prohibits instantiation.
56 
57   /**
58    * Returns the number of collections the garbage collector
59    * represented by this bean has made.  -1 is returned if the
60    * collection count is undefined.
61    *
62    * @param name the name of the garbage collector.
63    * @return the number of collections made, or -1 if this is
64    *         undefined.
65    */
getCollectionCount(String name)66   static native long getCollectionCount(String name);
67 
68   /**
69    * Returns the accumulated number of milliseconds this garbage
70    * collector has spent freeing the memory used by unreferenced
71    * objects.  -1 is returned if the collection time is undefined.
72    * Note that the accumulated time may not change, even when the
73    * collection count increases, if the time taken is sufficiently
74    * short; this depends on the resolution of the timer used.
75    *
76    * @param name the name of the garbage collector.
77    * @return the accumulated number of milliseconds spent collecting,
78    *         or -1 if this is undefined.
79    */
getCollectionTime(String name)80   static native long getCollectionTime(String name);
81 
82 }
83