Here you can find the source of getUsedMemory()
public static long getUsedMemory()
//package com.java2s; /**//w ww . j a v a 2 s .co m * This file is part of GeneMANIA. * Copyright (C) 2010 University of Toronto. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library 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 * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ public class Main { public static long getUsedMemory() { return Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory() - Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory(); } public static long getUsedMemory(String mu) { long ret; ret = Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory() - Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory(); if ("K".equalsIgnoreCase(mu)) { ret = ret / 1024; } else if ("M".equalsIgnoreCase(mu)) { ret = ret / 1048576; } else if ("G".equalsIgnoreCase(mu)) { ret = ret / 1073741824; } return ret; } }