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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code 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
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package org.graalvm.compiler.debug;
+
+import com.sun.management.ThreadMXBean;
+
+/**
+ * Tracks memory usage within a scope using {@link ThreadMXBean}. This facility should be employed
+ * using the try-with-resources pattern:
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ * try (DebugMemUseTracker.Closeable a = memUseTracker.start()) {
+ *     // the code to measure
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ */
+public interface DebugMemUseTracker {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a point from which memory usage will be recorded if memory use tracking is
+     * {@linkplain Debug#isMemUseTrackingEnabled() enabled}.
+     *
+     * @return an object that must be closed once the activity has completed to add the memory used
+     *         since this call to the total for this tracker
+     */
+    DebugCloseable start();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the current value of this tracker.
+     */
+    long getCurrentValue();
+}