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package sun.management;

import sun.management.counter.Counter;

/**

 * Hotspot internal management interface for the thread system.

 */

public interface HotspotThreadMBean {

    /**

     * Returns the current number of VM internal threads.

     *

     * @return the current number of VM internal threads.

     */

    public int getInternalThreadCount();

    /**

     * Returns a <tt>Map</tt> of the name of all VM internal threads

     * to the thread CPU time in nanoseconds.  The returned value is

     * of nanoseconds precision but not necessarily nanoseconds accuracy.

     * <p>

     *

     * @return a <tt>Map</tt> object of the name of all VM internal threads

     * to the thread CPU time in nanoseconds.

     *

     * @throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the Java virtual

     * machine does not support CPU time measurement.

     *

     * @see java.lang.management.ThreadMBean#isThreadCpuTimeSupported

     */

    public java.util.Map<String,Long> getInternalThreadCpuTimes();

    /**

     * Returns a list of internal counters maintained in the Java

     * virtual machine for the thread system.

     *

     * @return a list of internal counters maintained in the VM

     * for the thread system.

     */

    public java.util.List<Counter> getInternalThreadingCounters();

}