Here you can find the source of maxMemory()
public static double maxMemory()
//package com.java2s; /*// w w w .j a v a 2s . co m * Copyright 2007-2010 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under * the License. */ public class Main { /** * Returns max memory available MB */ public static double maxMemory() { Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime(); return maxMemory(runtime); } static double maxMemory(Runtime runtime) { long maxMemory = runtime.maxMemory(); double memory = (double) maxMemory / (double) (1024 * 1024); return memory; } }