Is the max number of stack frames stored somewhere?

~~ Robert.

Tobias Ivarsson wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Robert Fischer 
> <robert.fisc...@smokejumperit.com 
> <mailto:robert.fisc...@smokejumperit.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Coming off of the TCO conversation -- what's the easiest way to
>     track information about stack depth
>     on the JVM?  Certainly I could create a Throwable and call
>     fillInStackTrace(), but is there a more
>     direct way to determine the maximum and current stack depth?
> 
> 
> There is a call for it in JVMTI 
> (http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/platform/jvmti/jvmti.html#GetFrameCount), 
> but it'll require you to write C code. Since it's a "Required 
> Functionality" you don't need to install an agent to access this 
> functionality, it can be done through dynamic JNI loading.
> 
> It would be nice if we could get support for accessing (parts of) JVMTI 
> from Java.
> 
> /Tobias
> 
> 
> > 

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