com.sun.management
Class VMOption

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.management.VMOption

public class VMOption
extends Object

Information about a VM option including its value and where the value came from which is referred as its origin.

Each VM option has a default value. A VM option can be set at VM creation time typically as a command line argument to the launcher or an argument passed to the VM created using the JNI invocation interface. In addition, a VM option may be set via an environment variable or a configuration file. A VM option can also be set dynamically via a management interface after the VM was started. A VMOption contains the value of a VM option and the origin of that value at the time this VMOption object was constructed. The value of the VM option may be changed after the VMOption object was constructed,

Since:

1.6

See Also:

Java Virtual Machine

Nested Class Summary

static class

VMOption.Origin Origin of the value of a VM option.

Constructor Summary

VMOption(String name, String value, boolean writeable, VMOption.Origin origin)
Constructs a VMOption.

Method Summary

static VMOption	from(CompositeData cd) Returns a VMOption object represented by the given CompositeData.
String	getName() Returns the name of this VM option.
VMOption.Origin	getOrigin() Returns the origin of the value of this VM option.
String	getValue() Returns the value of this VM option at the time when this VMOption was created.
boolean	isWriteable() Tests if this VM option is writeable.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

VMOption

public VMOption(String name,
                String value,
                boolean writeable,
                VMOption.Origin origin)

Constructs a VMOption.

Parameters:

name - Name of a VM option.

value - Value of a VM option.

writeable - true if a VM option can be set dynamically, or false otherwise.

origin - where the value of a VM option came from.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the name or value is null

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this VM option.

Returns:

the name of this VM option.

getValue

public String getValue()

Returns the value of this VM option at the time when this VMOption was created. The value could have been changed.

Returns:

the value of the VM option at the time when this VMOption was created.

getOrigin

public VMOption.Origin getOrigin()

Returns the origin of the value of this VM option. That is, where the value of this VM option came from.

Returns:

where the value of this VM option came from.

isWriteable

public boolean isWriteable()

Tests if this VM option is writeable. If this VM option is writeable, it can be set by the HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean.setVMOption method.

Returns:

true if this VM option is writeable; false otherwise.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

from

public static VMOption from(CompositeData cd)

Returns a VMOption object represented by the given CompositeData. The given CompositeData must contain the following attributes:

Attribute Name	Type
name	java.lang.String
value	java.lang.String
origin	java.lang.String
writeable	java.lang.Boolean

Parameters:

cd - CompositeData representing a VMOption

Returns:

a VMOption object represented by cd if cd is not null; null otherwise.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if cd does not represent a VMOption with the attributes described above.