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package java.lang.management;

/**

 * The management interface for the class loading system of

 * the Java virtual machine.

 *

 * <p> A Java virtual machine has a single instance of the implementation

 * class of this interface.  This instance implementing this interface is

 * an <a href="ManagementFactory.html#MXBean">MXBean</a>

 * that can be obtained by calling

 * the {@link ManagementFactory#getClassLoadingMXBean} method or

 * from the {@link ManagementFactory#getPlatformMBeanServer

 * platform <tt>MBeanServer</tt>} method.

 *

 * <p>The <tt>ObjectName</tt> for uniquely identifying the MXBean for

 * the class loading system within an <tt>MBeanServer</tt> is:

 * <blockquote>

 * {@link ManagementFactory#CLASS_LOADING_MXBEAN_NAME

 *        <tt>java.lang:type=ClassLoading</tt>}

 * </blockquote>

 *

 * @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

 * @since   1.5

 */

public interface ClassLoadingMXBean {

    /**

     * Returns the total number of classes that have been loaded since

     * the Java virtual machine has started execution.

     *

     * @return the total number of classes loaded.

     *

     */

    public long getTotalLoadedClassCount();

    /**

     * Returns the number of classes that are currently loaded in the

     * Java virtual machine.

     *

     * @return the number of currently loaded classes.

     */

    public int getLoadedClassCount();

    /**

     * Returns the total number of classes unloaded since the Java virtual machine

     * has started execution.

     *

     * @return the total number of unloaded classes.

     */

    public long getUnloadedClassCount();

    /**

     * Tests if the verbose output for the class loading system is enabled.

     *

     * @return <tt>true</tt> if the verbose output for the class loading

     * system is enabled; <tt>false</tt> otherwise.

     */

    public boolean isVerbose();

    /**

     * Enables or disables the verbose output for the class loading

     * system.  The verbose output information and the output stream

     * to which the verbose information is emitted are implementation

     * dependent.  Typically, a Java virtual machine implementation

     * prints a message each time a class file is loaded.

     *

     * <p>This method can be called by multiple threads concurrently.

     * Each invocation of this method enables or disables the verbose

     * output globally.

     *

     * @param value <tt>true</tt> to enable the verbose output;

     *              <tt>false</tt> to disable.

     *

     * @exception  java.lang.SecurityException if a security manager

     *             exists and the caller does not have

     *             ManagementPermission("control").

     */

    public void setVerbose(boolean value);

}