oshi.hardware.GlobalMemory Maven / Gradle / Ivy
/**
* Oshi (https://github.com/dblock/oshi)
*
* Copyright (c) 2010 - 2016 The Oshi Project Team
*
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Maintainers:
* dblock[at]dblock[dot]org
* widdis[at]gmail[dot]com
* enrico.bianchi[at]gmail[dot]com
*
* Contributors:
* https://github.com/dblock/oshi/graphs/contributors
*/
package oshi.hardware;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Memory refers to the state information of a computing system, as it is kept
* active in some physical structure. The term "memory" is used for the
* information in physical systems which are fast (ie. RAM), as a distinction
* from physical systems which are slow to access (ie. data storage). By design,
* the term "memory" refers to temporary state devices, whereas the term
* "storage" is reserved for permanent data.
*
* @author dblock[at]dblock[dot]org
*/
public interface GlobalMemory extends Serializable {
/**
* The amount of actual physical memory, in bytes.
*
* @return Total number of bytes.
*/
long getTotal();
/**
* The amount of physical memory currently available, in bytes.
*
* @return Available number of bytes.
*/
long getAvailable();
/**
* The current size of the paging/swap file(s), in bytes. If the paging/swap
* file can be extended, this is a soft limit.
*
* @return Total swap in bytes.
*/
long getSwapTotal();
/**
* The current memory committed to the paging/swap file(s), in bytes
*
* @return Swap used in bytes
*/
long getSwapUsed();
}