Here you can find the source of memoryIsLow()
public static boolean memoryIsLow()
//package com.java2s; /* //from w w w . ja va2s.c o m * DSI utilities * * Copyright (C) 2002-2009 Sebastiano Vigna * * 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * */ public class Main { private final static Runtime RUNTIME = Runtime.getRuntime(); /** Returns true if less then 5% of the available memory is free. * * @return true if less then 5% of the available memory is free. */ public static boolean memoryIsLow() { return availableMemory() * 100 < RUNTIME.totalMemory() * 5; } /** Returns the amount of available memory (free memory plus never allocated memory). * * @return the amount of available memory, in bytes. */ public static long availableMemory() { return RUNTIME.freeMemory() + (RUNTIME.maxMemory() - RUNTIME.totalMemory()); } }