## Copyright (C) 2010 Philip Nienhuis
## 
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} javamem ()
## @deftypefnx {Function File} [@var{jmem}] = javamem ()
## Show current memory status of the Java virtual machine (JVM)
## and run garbage collector.
##
## When no return argument is given the info is echoed to the screen.
## Otherwise, output cell array @var{jmem} contains Maximum, Total,
## and Free memory (in bytes).
##
## All Java-based routines are run in the JVM's shared memory pool,
## a dedicated and separate part of memory claimed by the JVM from
## your computer's total memory (which comprises physical RAM and
## virtual memory / swap space on hard disk).
##
## The maximum available memory can be set using the file java.opts
## (in the same subdirectory where javaaddpath.m lives, see 
## "which javaaddpath". Usually that is: @*
## [/usr]/share/octave/packages/java-<version>.
##
## java.opts is a plain text file, one option per line. The
## default initial memory size and default maximum memory size (which
## are both system dependent) can be overridden like so: @*
## -Xms64m @*
## -Xmx512m @*
## (in megabytes in this example.)
## You can adapt these values to your own requirements if your system
## has limited available physical memory or when you get Java memory
## errors.
##
## "Total memory" is what the operating system has currently assigned
## to the JVM and depends on actual and active memory usage.
## "Free memory" is self-explanatory. During operation of Java-based
## octave functions the amounts of Total and Free memory will vary,
## due to Java's own cleaning up and your operating system's memory
## management.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: Philip Nienhuis
## Created: 2010-03-25
## Updates: 
## 2010-03-26 Changed name to javamem & indentation to double spaces
## 2010-08-25 Corrected text on java memory assignments
## 2010-09-05 Further overhauled help text

function j_mem = javamem ()

  rt = java_invoke ("java.lang.Runtime", "getRuntime");
  rt.gc;
  jmem = cell (3, 1);
  jmem{1} = rt.maxMemory ().doubleValue ();
  jmem{2} = rt.totalMemory ().doubleValue ();
  jmem{3} = rt.freeMemory ().doubleValue ();

  if (nargout == 0)
    printf ("\nJava virtual machine (JVM) memory info:\n");
    printf ("Maximum available memory:        %5d MiB;\n",
            jmem{1} / 1024 / 1024);
    printf ("   (...running garbage collector...)\n");
    printf ("OK, current status:\n");
    printf ("Total memory in virtual machine: %5d MiB;\n",
            jmem{2} / 1024 / 1024);
    printf ("Free memory in virtual machine:  %5d MiB;\n",
            jmem{3} / 1024 / 1024);
    printf ("%d CPUs available.\n", rt.availableProcessors ());
  else
    j_mem = jmem;
  endif

endfunction