/*
* @(#)GarbageCollectorMXBean.java 1.10 05/11/17
*
* Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package java.lang.management;
/**
* The management interface for the garbage collection of
* the Java virtual machine. Garbage collection is the process
* that the Java virtual machine uses to find and reclaim unreachable
* objects to free up memory space. A garbage collector is one type of
* {@link MemoryManagerMXBean memory manager}.
*
* <p> A Java virtual machine may have one or more instances of
* the implementation class of this interface.
* An instance implementing this interface is
* an <a href="ManagementFactory.html#MXBean">MXBean</a>
* that can be obtained by calling
* the {@link ManagementFactory#getGarbageCollectorMXBeans} method or
* from the {@link ManagementFactory#getPlatformMBeanServer
* platform <tt>MBeanServer</tt>} method.
*
* <p>The <tt>ObjectName</tt> for uniquely identifying the MXBean for
* a garbage collector within an MBeanServer is:
* <blockquote>
* {@link ManagementFactory#GARBAGE_COLLECTOR_MXBEAN_DOMAIN_TYPE
* <tt>java.lang:type=GarbageCollector</tt>}<tt>,name=</tt><i>collector's name</i>
* </blockquote>
*
* A platform usually includes additional platform-dependent information
* specific to a garbage collection algorithm for monitoring.
*
* @see MemoryMXBean
*
* @see <a href="../../../javax/management/package-summary.html">
* JMX Specification.</a>
* @see <a href="package-summary.html#examples">
* Ways to Access MXBeans</a>
*
* @author Mandy Chung
* @version 1.10, 11/17/05
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface GarbageCollectorMXBean extends MemoryManagerMXBean {
/**
* Returns the total number of collections that have occurred.
* This method returns <tt>-1</tt> if the collection count is undefined for
* this collector.
*
* @return the total number of collections that have occurred.
*/
public long getCollectionCount();
/**
* Returns the approximate accumulated collection elapsed time
* in milliseconds. This method returns <tt>-1</tt> if the collection
* elapsed time is undefined for this collector.
* <p>
* The Java virtual machine implementation may use a high resolution
* timer to measure the elapsed time. This method may return the
* same value even if the collection count has been incremented
* if the collection elapsed time is very short.
*
* @return the approximate accumulated collection elapsed time
* in milliseconds.
*/
public long getCollectionTime();
}