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System.java

/*
 * Copyright © 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 *
 */

package java.lang;

import java.io.*;
import javax.microedition.io.*;

/**
 * The <code>System</code> class contains several useful class fields
 * and methods. It cannot be instantiated.
 *
 * @author  Arthur van Hoff
 * @version 12/17/01 (CLDC 1.1)
 * @since   JDK1.0, CLDC 1.0
 */
public final class System {

    /** Don't let anyone instantiate this class */
    private System() { }

    /**
     * The "standard" output stream. This stream is already
     * open and ready to accept output data. Typically this stream
     * corresponds to display output or another output destination
     * specified by the host environment or user.
     * <p>
     * For simple stand-alone Java applications, a typical way to write
     * a line of output data is:
     * <blockquote><pre>
     *     System.out.println(data)
     * </pre></blockquote>
     * <p>
     * See the <code>println</code> methods in class <code>PrintStream</code>.
     *
     * @see     java.io.PrintStream#println()
     * @see     java.io.PrintStream#println(boolean)
     * @see     java.io.PrintStream#println(char)
     * @see     java.io.PrintStream#println(char[])
     * @see     java.io.PrintStream#println(int)
     * @see     java.io.PrintStream#println(long)
     * @see     java.io.PrintStream#println(java.lang.Object)
     * @see     java.io.PrintStream#println(java.lang.String)
     */
    public final static PrintStream out = getOutput();

    private static PrintStream getOutput() {
        return new PrintStream(new com.sun.cldc.io.ConsoleOutputStream());
    }

    /**
     * The "standard" error output stream. This stream is already
     * open and ready to accept output data.
     * <p>
     * Typically this stream corresponds to display output or another
     * output destination specified by the host environment or user. By
     * convention, this output stream is used to display error messages
     * or other information that should come to the immediate attention
     * of a user even if the principal output stream, the value of the
     * variable <code>out</code>, has been redirected to a file or other
     * destination that is typically not continuously monitored.
     */
    public final static PrintStream err = out;

    /**
     * Returns the current time in milliseconds.
     *
     * @return  the difference, measured in milliseconds, between the current
     *          time and midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.
     */
    public static native long currentTimeMillis();

    /**
     * Copies an array from the specified source array, beginning at the
     * specified position, to the specified position of the destination array.
     * A subsequence of array components are copied from the source
     * array referenced by <code>src</code> to the destination array
     * referenced by <code>dst</code>. The number of components copied is
     * equal to the <code>length</code> argument. The components at
     * positions <code>srcOffset</code> through
     * <code>srcOffset+length-1</code> in the source array are copied into
     * positions <code>dstOffset</code> through
     * <code>dstOffset+length-1</code>, respectively, of the destination
     * array.
     * <p>
     * If the <code>src</code> and <code>dst</code> arguments refer to the
     * same array object, then the copying is performed as if the
     * components at positions <code>srcOffset</code> through
     * <code>srcOffset+length-1</code> were first copied to a temporary
     * array with <code>length</code> components and then the contents of
     * the temporary array were copied into positions
     * <code>dstOffset</code> through <code>dstOffset+length-1</code> of the
     * destination array.
     * <p>
     * If <code>dst</code> is <code>null</code>, then a
     * <code>NullPointerException</code> is thrown.
     * <p>
     * If <code>src</code> is <code>null</code>, then a
     * <code>NullPointerException</code> is thrown and the destination
     * array is not modified.
     * <p>
     * Otherwise, if any of the following is true, an
     * <code>ArrayStoreException</code> is thrown and the destination is
     * not modified:
     * <ul>
     * <li>The <code>src</code> argument refers to an object that is not an
     *     array.
     * <li>The <code>dst</code> argument refers to an object that is not an
     *     array.
     * <li>The <code>src</code> argument and <code>dst</code> argument refer to
     *     arrays whose component types are different primitive types.
     * <li>The <code>src</code> argument refers to an array with a primitive
     *     component type and the <code>dst</code> argument refers to an array
     *     with a reference component type.
     * <li>The <code>src</code> argument refers to an array with a reference
     *     component type and the <code>dst</code> argument refers to an array
     *     with a primitive component type.
     * </ul>
     * <p>
     * Otherwise, if any of the following is true, an
     * <code>IndexOutOfBoundsException</code> is
     * thrown and the destination is not modified:
     * <ul>
     * <li>The <code>srcOffset</code> argument is negative.
     * <li>The <code>dstOffset</code> argument is negative.
     * <li>The <code>length</code> argument is negative.
     * <li><code>srcOffset+length</code> is greater than
     *     <code>src.length</code>, the length of the source array.
     * <li><code>dstOffset+length</code> is greater than
     *     <code>dst.length</code>, the length of the destination array.
     * </ul>
     * <p>
     * Otherwise, if any actual component of the source array from
     * position <code>srcOffset</code> through
     * <code>srcOffset+length-1</code> cannot be converted to the component
     * type of the destination array by assignment conversion, an
     * <code>ArrayStoreException</code> is thrown. In this case, let
     * <i>k</i> be the smallest nonnegative integer less than
     * length such that <code>src[srcOffset+</code><i>k</i><code>]</code>
     * cannot be converted to the component type of the destination
     * array; when the exception is thrown, source array components from
     * positions <code>srcOffset</code> through
     * <code>srcOffset+</code><i>k</i><code>-1</code>
     * will already have been copied to destination array positions
     * <code>dstOffset</code> through
     * <code>dstOffset+</code><i>k</I><code>-1</code> and no other
     * positions of the destination array will have been modified.
     * (Because of the restrictions already itemized, this
     * paragraph effectively applies only to the situation where both
     * arrays have component types that are reference types.)
     *
     * @param      src          the source array.
     * @param      srcOffset    start position in the source array.
     * @param      dst          the destination array.
     * @param      dstOffset    start position in the destination data.
     * @param      length       the number of array elements to be copied.
     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if copying would cause
     *               access of data outside array bounds.
     * @exception  ArrayStoreException  if an element in the <code>src</code>
     *               array could not be stored into the <code>dest</code> array
     *               because of a type mismatch.
     * @exception  NullPointerException if either <code>src</code> or
     *               <code>dst</code> is <code>null</code>.
     */
    public static native void arraycopy(Object src, int srcOffset,
                                        Object dst, int dstOffset,
                                        int length);

    /**
     * Returns the same hashcode for the given object as
     * would be returned by the default method hashCode(),
     * whether or not the given object's class overrides
     * hashCode().
     * The hashcode for the null reference is zero.
     *
     * @param x object for which the hashCode is to be calculated
     * @return  the hashCode
     * @since   JDK1.1
     */
    public static native int identityHashCode(Object x);

    /**
     * Gets the system property indicated by the specified key.
     *
     * @param      key   the name of the system property.
     * @return     the string value of the system property,
     *             or <code>null</code> if there is no property with that key.
     *
     * @exception  NullPointerException if <code>key</code> is
     *             <code>null</code>.
     * @exception  IllegalArgumentException if <code>key</code> is empty.
     */
    public static String getProperty(String key) {
        if (key == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException("key can't be null");
        }
        if (key.equals("")) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("key can't be empty");
        }
        return getProperty0(key);
    }

    private native static String getProperty0(String key);

    /**
     * Terminates the currently running Java application. The
     * argument serves as a status code; by convention, a nonzero
     * status code indicates abnormal termination.
     * <p>
     * This method calls the <code>exit</code> method in class
     * <code>Runtime</code>. This method never returns normally.
     * <p>
     * The call <code>System.exit(n)</code> is effectively equivalent
     * to the call:
     * <blockquote><pre>
     * Runtime.getRuntime().exit(n)
     * </pre></blockquote>
     *
     * @param      status   exit status.
     * @see        java.lang.Runtime#exit(int)
     */
    public static void exit(int status) {
        Runtime.getRuntime().exit(status);
    }

    /**
     * Runs the garbage collector.
     * <p>
     * Calling the <code>gc</code> method suggests that the Java Virtual
     * Machine expend effort toward recycling unused objects in order to
     * make the memory they currently occupy available for quick reuse.
     * When control returns from the method call, the Java Virtual
     * Machine has made a best effort to reclaim space from all discarded
     * objects.
     * <p>
     * The call <code>System.gc()</code> is effectively equivalent to the
     * call:
     * <blockquote><pre>
     * Runtime.getRuntime().gc()
     * </pre></blockquote>
     *
     * @see     java.lang.Runtime#gc()
     */
    public static void gc() {
        Runtime.getRuntime().gc();
    }

}