Here you can find the source of totalMemoryMB()
public static long totalMemoryMB()
//package com.java2s; /** Various utility functions for Java. * <p>/* w w w . j a va2 s .c om*/ * Copyright (c) 2008 Eric Eaton * <p> * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * <p> * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * <p> * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. * * @author Eric Eaton (EricEaton@umbc.edu) <br> * University of Maryland Baltimore County * * @version 0.1 * */ public class Main { public static long totalMemoryMB() { //System.gc(); OPTIMIZATION - System.gc() takes a long time /*try { Thread.sleep(2000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { System.out.println("interupted"); }*/ return (Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory() - Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory()) >> 20; } }