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+package net.hyperic.sigar.test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+
+import net.hyperic.sigar.Sigar;
+import net.hyperic.sigar.SigarException;
+import net.hyperic.sigar.ThreadCpuTime;
+
+//import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+
+public class RunThreadCpu {
+    static Sigar sigar = new Sigar();
+    static int iter = 5000;
+
+    private static long toMillis(long nano) {
+        return nano / 1000000;
+    }
+
+    private static void printTimes(long start) {
+        //ThreadMXBean mx = ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean();
+        ThreadCpuTime cpu = new ThreadCpuTime(sigar);
+        try {
+            cpu.getCurrent();
+        } catch (SigarException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return;
+        }
+        System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() + ":");
+        System.out.println("   real....." +
+                           (System.currentTimeMillis() - start) / 1000);
+        System.out.println("   sys......" + toMillis(cpu.getSys()));
+        System.out.println("   user....." + toMillis(cpu.getUser()));
+        System.out.println("   total...." + toMillis(cpu.getTotal()));
+        /*
+        System.out.println("   mxtotal.." +
+                           toMillis(mx.getCurrentThreadCpuTime()));
+        System.out.println("   mxuser.." +
+                           toMillis(mx.getCurrentThreadUserTime()));
+        */
+    }
+
+    private static void pause(int sec) {
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(sec * 1000);
+        } catch (Exception e) {}
+    }
+
+    static class RealThread implements Runnable {
+        public void run() {
+            long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            pause(2);
+            printTimes(start);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class UserThread implements Runnable {
+        public void run() {
+            long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            pause(2);
+            String s = "";
+            for (int i=0; i<iter; i++) {
+                s += System.getProperty("java.home");
+                for (int j=0; j<s.length(); j++) {
+                    char c = s.charAt(j);
+                }
+            }
+            printTimes(start);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void readRtJar() {
+        String rt =
+            System.getProperty("java.home") +
+            "/lib/rt.jar";
+        int bytes = 0;
+        int max = 1500000; //reading the whole thing takes bloody forever
+        FileInputStream is = null;
+        try {
+            is = new FileInputStream(new File(rt));
+            while (is.read() != -1) {
+                if (bytes++ > max) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            if (is != null) {
+                try { is.close(); } catch (Exception e) {}
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void scanDir() {
+        for (int i=0; i<iter; i++) {
+            String[] files = new File(".").list();
+            for (int j=0; j<files.length; j++) {
+                File f = new File(files[j]);
+                f.exists();
+                if (f.isDirectory()) {
+                    f.list();
+                }
+                f.lastModified();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class ReadThread implements Runnable {
+        public void run() {
+            long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            pause(2);
+
+            readRtJar();
+
+            printTimes(start);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class ScanThread implements Runnable {
+        public void run() {
+            long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            pause(2);
+
+            scanDir();
+
+            printTimes(start);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        if (args.length == 1) {
+            iter = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
+        }
+
+        long start  = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        Thread user = new Thread(new UserThread(), "user");
+        Thread read = new Thread(new ReadThread(), "read");
+        Thread scan = new Thread(new ScanThread(), "scan");
+        Thread real = new Thread(new RealThread(), "real");
+
+        user.start();
+        read.start();
+        scan.start();
+        real.start();
+
+        user.join();
+        read.join();
+        scan.join();
+        real.join();
+
+        pause(3);
+        printTimes(start);
+    }
+}