diff --git a/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/Sigar.java b/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/Sigar.java
index dc3b4f28..302b2ecc 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/Sigar.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/Sigar.java
@@ -461,6 +461,39 @@ public class Sigar implements SigarProxy {
         return getProcPort(Integer.parseInt(port));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the cumulative cpu time for the calling thread.
+     */
+    public ThreadCpu getThreadCpu() throws SigarException {
+        return ThreadCpu.fetch(this, 0);
+    }
+
+    private ThreadCpu diff = null;
+    
+    /**
+     * Get cpu time since the last time cpu.gather was called
+     * for the calling thread.
+     */
+    public ThreadCpu getThreadCpuDiff(ThreadCpu cpu)
+        throws SigarException {
+
+        long startTotal = cpu.total;
+        long startUser  = cpu.user;
+        long startSys   = cpu.sys;
+    
+        if (this.diff == null) {
+            this.diff = new ThreadCpu();
+        }
+
+        cpu.gather(this, 0);
+        
+        this.diff.total = cpu.total - startTotal;
+        this.diff.user  = cpu.user  - startUser;
+        this.diff.sys   = cpu.sys   - startSys;
+        
+        return this.diff;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Get list of file systems.
      * @exception SigarException on failure.
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/ThreadCpuTime.java b/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/ThreadCpuTime.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 299619d4..00000000
--- a/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/ThreadCpuTime.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package net.hyperic.sigar;
-
-public class ThreadCpuTime extends ThreadCpu {
-    private ThreadCpu diff = null;
-    private Sigar sigar;
-
-    public ThreadCpuTime(Sigar sigar) {
-        super();
-        this.sigar = sigar;
-    }
-
-    public void getCurrent() throws SigarException {
-        this.gather(this.sigar, 0);
-    }
-
-    public ThreadCpu getDiff() throws SigarException {
-        long startTotal = this.total;
-        long startUser  = this.user;
-        long startSys   = this.sys;
-    
-        if (this.diff == null) {
-            this.diff = new ThreadCpu();
-        }
-
-        getCurrent();
-        
-        this.diff.total = this.total - startTotal;
-        this.diff.user  = this.user  - startUser;
-        this.diff.sys   = this.sys   - startSys;
-        
-        return this.diff;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/test/TestThreadCpu.java b/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/test/TestThreadCpu.java
index 4f533345..f9006540 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/test/TestThreadCpu.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/net/hyperic/sigar/test/TestThreadCpu.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package net.hyperic.sigar.test;
 import net.hyperic.sigar.Sigar;
 import net.hyperic.sigar.SigarNotImplementedException;
 import net.hyperic.sigar.ThreadCpu;
-import net.hyperic.sigar.ThreadCpuTime;
 
 public class TestThreadCpu extends SigarTestCase {
 
@@ -14,10 +13,9 @@ public class TestThreadCpu extends SigarTestCase {
     public void testCreate() throws Exception {
         Sigar sigar = new Sigar();
 
-        ThreadCpuTime cpu = new ThreadCpuTime(sigar);
-
+        ThreadCpu cpu;
         try {
-            cpu.getCurrent();
+            cpu = sigar.getThreadCpu();
         } catch (SigarNotImplementedException e) {
             return;
         }
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ public class TestThreadCpu extends SigarTestCase {
 
         traceln("\nDiff...\n");
 
-        ThreadCpu diff = cpu.getDiff();
+        ThreadCpu diff = sigar.getThreadCpuDiff(cpu);
 
         assertGtEqZeroTrace("User", diff.getUser());