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#ifndef SHARE_VM_SERVICES_HEAPDUMPER_HPP
#define SHARE_VM_SERVICES_HEAPDUMPER_HPP

#include "memory/allocation.hpp"
#include "oops/oop.hpp"
#include "runtime/os.hpp"

// HeapDumper is used to dump the java heap to file in HPROF binary format:
//
//  { HeapDumper dumper(true /* full GC before heap dump */);
//    if (dumper.dump("/export/java.hprof")) {
//      ResourceMark rm;
//      tty->print_cr("Dump failed: %s", dumper.error_as_C_string());
//    } else {
//      // dump succeeded
//    }
//  }
//

class HeapDumper : public StackObj {
 private:
  char* _error;
  bool _print_to_tty;
  bool _gc_before_heap_dump;
  bool _oome;
  elapsedTimer _t;

  HeapDumper(bool gc_before_heap_dump, bool print_to_tty, bool oome) :
    _gc_before_heap_dump(gc_before_heap_dump), _error(NULL), _print_to_tty(print_to_tty), _oome(oome) { }

  // string representation of error
  char* error() const                   { return _error; }
  void set_error(char* error);

  // indicates if progress messages can be sent to tty
  bool print_to_tty() const             { return _print_to_tty; }

  // internal timer.
  elapsedTimer* timer()                 { return &_t; }

  static void dump_heap(bool oome);

 public:
  HeapDumper(bool gc_before_heap_dump) :
    _gc_before_heap_dump(gc_before_heap_dump), _error(NULL), _print_to_tty(false), _oome(false) { }

  ~HeapDumper();

  // dumps the heap to the specified file, returns 0 if success.
  int dump(const char* path);

  // returns error message (resource allocated), or NULL if no error
  char* error_as_C_string() const;

  static void dump_heap()    NOT_SERVICES_RETURN;

  static void dump_heap_from_oome()    NOT_SERVICES_RETURN;
};

#endif // SHARE_VM_SERVICES_HEAPDUMPER_HPP