/* VMClassLoadingMXBeanImpl.java - VM impl. of a class loading bean
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package gnu.java.lang.management;

/**
 * Provides access to information about the class loading 
 * behaviour of the current invocation of the virtual
 * machine.  Instances of this bean are obtained by calling
 * {@link ManagementFactory#getClassLoadingMXBean()}.
 *
 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
 * @since 1.5
 */
final class VMClassLoadingMXBeanImpl
{

  /**
   * Returns the number of classes currently loaded by
   * the virtual machine.
   *
   * @return the number of loaded classes.
   */
  static native int getLoadedClassCount();

  /**
   * Returns the number of classes that have been unloaded
   * by the virtual machine since it was started.
   *
   * @return the number of unloaded classes.
   */
  static native long getUnloadedClassCount();

  /**
   * Returns true if the virtual machine will emit additional
   * information when classes are loaded and unloaded.  The
   * format of the output is left up to the virtual machine.
   *
   * @return true if verbose class loading output is on.
   */
  static native boolean isVerbose();

  /**
   * Turns on or off the emission of additional information
   * when classes are loaded and unloaded.  The format of the
   * output is left up to the virtual machine.  This method
   * may be called by multiple threads concurrently, but there
   * is only one global setting of verbosity that is affected.
   *
   * @param verbose the new setting for verbose class loading
   *                output.
   */
  static native void setVerbose(boolean verbose);

}
