com.bea.jvm
Interface Machine

All Superinterfaces:

Describable, JVMComponent

public interface Machine

extends JVMComponent

Represents the hardware on which the OperatingSystem and JVM is run.

Author:

Calle Wilund, Marcus Hirt

Method Summary

java.util.List	getCPUs() Returns the CPUs in the machine as an ordered collection (List) of CPU objects.
java.util.Collection	getHardwareComponents() Returns all available hardware components in the system, as a Collection of HardwareComponent.
java.util.Collection	getNICs() Returns the network interface cards as a collection of NIC.
PhysicalMemory	getPhysicalMemory() The physical memory of the hardware.

Methods inherited from interface com.bea.jvm.Describable

getDescription

Method Detail

getCPUs

public java.util.List getCPUs()
                       throws NotAvailableException

Returns the CPUs in the machine as an ordered collection (List) of CPU objects.

Returns:

the CPUs in the machine.

Throws:

NotAvailableException - if this functionality isn't available in this JVM.

See Also:

CPU

getNICs

public java.util.Collection getNICs()
                             throws NotAvailableException

Returns the network interface cards as a collection of NIC.

Returns:

a collection of NIC.

Throws:

NotAvailableException - if this functionality isn't available in this JVM. This exception will be thrown by 1.3 versions of JRockit.

See Also:

NIC

getPhysicalMemory

public PhysicalMemory getPhysicalMemory()
                                 throws NotAvailableException

The physical memory of the hardware.

Returns:

the physcal memory of the hardware.

Throws:

NotAvailableException - if this functionality isn't available in this JVM.

See Also:

PhysicalMemory

getHardwareComponents

public java.util.Collection getHardwareComponents()
                                           throws NotAvailableException

Returns all available hardware components in the system, as a Collection of HardwareComponent.

Returns:

all available hardware components in the system.

Throws:

NotAvailableException - if this functionality isn't available in this JVM.

See Also:

HardwareComponent