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+/* VMRuntime.java -- VM interface to Runtime
+ Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package java.lang;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * VMRuntime represents the interface to the Virtual Machine.
+ *
+ * @author Jeroen Frijters
+ */
+final class VMRuntime
+{
+ /**
+ * No instance is ever created.
+ */
+ private VMRuntime()
+ {
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the number of available processors currently available to the
+ * virtual machine. This number may change over time; so a multi-processor
+ * program want to poll this to determine maximal resource usage.
+ *
+ * @return the number of processors available, at least 1
+ */
+ static native int availableProcessors();
+
+ /**
+ * Find out how much memory is still free for allocating Objects on the heap.
+ *
+ * @return the number of bytes of free memory for more Objects
+ */
+ static native long freeMemory();
+
+ /**
+ * Find out how much memory total is available on the heap for allocating
+ * Objects.
+ *
+ * @return the total number of bytes of memory for Objects
+ */
+ static native long totalMemory();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the maximum amount of memory the virtual machine can attempt to
+ * use. This may be <code>Long.MAX_VALUE</code> if there is no inherent
+ * limit (or if you really do have a 8 exabyte memory!).
+ *
+ * @return the maximum number of bytes the virtual machine will attempt
+ * to allocate
+ */
+ static native long maxMemory();
+
+ /**
+ * Run the garbage collector. This method is more of a suggestion than
+ * anything. All this method guarantees is that the garbage collector will
+ * have "done its best" by the time it returns. Notice that garbage
+ * collection takes place even without calling this method.
+ */
+ static native void gc();
+
+ /**
+ * Run finalization on all Objects that are waiting to be finalized. Again,
+ * a suggestion, though a stronger one than {@link #gc()}. This calls the
+ * <code>finalize</code> method of all objects waiting to be collected.
+ *
+ * @see #finalize()
+ */
+ static native void runFinalization();
+
+ /**
+ * Run finalization on all finalizable Objects (even live ones). This
+ * should only be called immediately prior to VM termination.
+ *
+ * @see #finalize()
+ */
+ static native void runFinalizationForExit();
+
+ /**
+ * Tell the VM to trace every bytecode instruction that executes (print out
+ * a trace of it). No guarantees are made as to where it will be printed,
+ * and the VM is allowed to ignore this request.
+ *
+ * @param on whether to turn instruction tracing on
+ */
+ static native void traceInstructions(boolean on);
+
+ /**
+ * Tell the VM to trace every method call that executes (print out a trace
+ * of it). No guarantees are made as to where it will be printed, and the
+ * VM is allowed to ignore this request.
+ *
+ * @param on whether to turn method tracing on
+ */
+ static native void traceMethodCalls(boolean on);
+
+ /**
+ * Native method that actually sets the finalizer setting.
+ *
+ * @param value whether to run finalizers on exit
+ */
+ static native void runFinalizersOnExit(boolean value);
+
+ /**
+ * Native method that actually shuts down the virtual machine.
+ *
+ * @param status the status to end the process with
+ */
+ static native void exit(int status);
+
+ /**
+ * Load a file. If it has already been loaded, do nothing. The name has
+ * already been mapped to a true filename.
+ *
+ * @param filename the file to load
+ * @param loader class loader, or <code>null</code> for the boot loader
+ * @return 0 on failure, nonzero on success
+ */
+ static native int nativeLoad(String filename, ClassLoader loader);
+
+ /**
+ * Map a system-independent "short name" to the full file name.
+ *
+ * @param libname the short version of the library name
+ * @return the full filename
+ */
+ static native String mapLibraryName(String libname);
+
+ /**
+ * Execute a process. The command line has already been tokenized, and
+ * the environment should contain name=value mappings. If directory is null,
+ * use the current working directory; otherwise start the process in that
+ * directory. If env is null, then the new process should inherit
+ * the environment of this process.
+ *
+ * @param cmd the non-null command tokens
+ * @param env the environment setup
+ * @param dir the directory to use, may be null
+ * @return the newly created process
+ * @throws NullPointerException if cmd or env have null elements
+ */
+ static Process exec(String[] cmd, String[] env, File dir)
+ throws IOException {
+ return VMProcess.exec(cmd, env, dir);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This method is called by Runtime.addShutdownHook() when it is
+ * called for the first time. It enables the VM to lazily setup
+ * an exit handler, should it so desire.
+ */
+ static void enableShutdownHooks()
+ {
+ }
+} // class VMRuntime