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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code 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
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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+ */
+
+package nsk.monitoring.share;
+
+import java.lang.management.*;
+import javax.management.*;
+import nsk.share.*;
+
+/**
+ * <code>RuntimeMonitor</code> class is a wrapper of <code>RuntimeMXBean</code>.
+ * Depending on command line arguments, an instance of this class redirects
+ * invocations to the <code>RuntimeMXBean</code> interface. If
+ * <code>-testMode="directly"</code> option is set, this instance directly
+ * invokes corresponding method of the <code>RuntimeMXBean</code> interface. If
+ * <code>-testMode="server"</code> option is set it will make invocations via
+ * MBeanServer. If <code>-testMode="proxy"</code> option is set it will make
+ * invocations via MBeanServer proxy.
+ *
+ * @see ArgumentHandler
+ */
+public class RuntimeMonitor extends Monitor {
+    // An instance of ClassLoadingMBean
+    private final static RuntimeMXBean mbean
+        = ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean();
+
+    // Name of an attribute of RuntimeMonitor
+    private static final String IS_BOOT = "BootClassPathSupported";
+
+    private RuntimeMXBean proxyInstance;
+
+    static {
+        Monitor.logPrefix = "RuntimeMonitor> ";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new <code>RuntimeMonitor</code> object.
+     *
+     * @param log <code>Log</code> object to print info to.
+     * @param argumentHandler <code>ArgumentHandler</code> object that saves
+     *        all info about test's arguments.
+     *
+     */
+    public RuntimeMonitor(Log log, ArgumentHandler argumentHandler) {
+        super(log, argumentHandler);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * Return a proxy instance for a platform
+     * {@link java.lang.management.RuntimeMXBean
+     * <code>RuntimeMXBean</code>} interface.
+     *
+     */
+    RuntimeMXBean getProxy() {
+        if (proxyInstance == null) {
+            // create proxy instance
+            try {
+                proxyInstance = (RuntimeMXBean)
+                ManagementFactory.newPlatformMXBeanProxy(
+                    getMBeanServer(),
+                    ManagementFactory.RUNTIME_MXBEAN_NAME,
+                    RuntimeMXBean.class
+                );
+            } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
+                throw new Failure(e);
+            }
+        }
+        return proxyInstance;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Redirects the invocation to
+     * {@link java.lang.management.RuntimeMXBean#isBootClassPathSupported()
+     * <code>RuntimeMXBean.isBootClassPathSupported()</code>}.
+     *
+     * @return <code>true</code>, if the JVM supports the class path mechanism;
+     *         <code>flase</code> otherwise.
+     */
+    public boolean isBootClassPathSupported() {
+        int mode = getTestMode();
+
+        switch (mode) {
+        case DIRECTLY_MODE:
+            return mbean.isBootClassPathSupported();
+
+        case SERVER_MODE:
+            return getBooleanAttribute(mbeanObjectName, IS_BOOT);
+
+        case PROXY_MODE:
+            return getProxy().isBootClassPathSupported();
+        }
+
+        throw new TestBug("Unknown testMode " + mode);
+    }
+} // RuntimeMonitor