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/* OperatingSystemMXBean.java - Interface for an operating system bean

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package java.lang.management;

/**

 * Provides access to information about the underlying operating

 * system.  An instance of this bean is obtained by calling

 * {@link ManagementFactory#getOperatingSystemMXBean()}.

 *

 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)

 * @since 1.5

 */

public interface OperatingSystemMXBean

{

  /**

   * Returns the name of the underlying system architecture.  This

   * is equivalent to obtaining the <code>os.arch</code> property

   * via {@link System#getProperty(String)}.

   *

   * @return the name of the underlying system architecture on which

   *         the VM is running.

   * @throws SecurityException if a security manager exists which

   *                           prevents access to the name property.

   * @see java.lang.System#getProperty(String)

   * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkPropertyAccess(String)

   */

  String getArch();

  /**

   * Returns the number of processors currently available to the

   * virtual machine.  This number is subject to change during

   * execution of the virtual machine, and will always be >= 1.

   * The call is equivalent to {@link Runtime#availableProcessors()}.

   *

   * @return the number of processors available to the VM.

   */

  int getAvailableProcessors();

  /**

   * Returns the name of the underlying operating system.  This

   * is equivalent to obtaining the <code>os.name</code> property

   * via {@link System#getProperty(String)}.

   *

   * @return the name of the operating system on which the VM

   *         is running.

   * @throws SecurityException if a security manager exists which

   *                           prevents access to the name property.

   * @see java.lang.System#getProperty(String)

   * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkPropertyAccess(String)

   */

  String getName();

  /**

   * Returns the system load average for the last minute, or -1

   * if this is unavailable.  The availability and calculation

   * of the load average is system-dependent, but is usually

   * a damped time-dependent average obtained by monitoring the

   * number of queued and running processes.  It is expected

   * that this method will be called frequently to monitor the

   * average over time, so it may not be implemented on systems

   * where such a call is expensive.

   *

   * @return the system load average for the last minute, or -1

   *         if this is unavailable.

   * @since 1.6

   */

  double getSystemLoadAverage();

  /**

   * Returns the version of the underlying operating system.  This

   * is equivalent to obtaining the <code>os.version</code> property

   * via {@link System#getProperty(String)}.

   *

   * @return the version of the operating system on which the VM

   *         is running.

   * @throws SecurityException if a security manager exists which

   *                           prevents access to the name property.

   * @see java.lang.System#getProperty(String)

   * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkPropertyAccess(String)

   */

  String getVersion();

}