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package org.apache.system;
/**
* This interface is for CPUParser objects that are automagically loaded, and
* perform architecture dependant processing for determining the number of CPUs,
* and the generic infomation about them.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:dev@avalon.apache.org">Avalon Development Team</a>
* @version $Id$
*/
public interface CPUParser
{
/**
* Return the number of processors available on the machine
*/
int numProcessors();
/**
* Return the cpu info for the processors (assuming symetric multiprocessing
* which means that all CPUs are identical). The format is:
*
* ${arch} Family ${family} Model ${model} Stepping ${stepping}, ${vendor_id}
*/
String cpuInfo();
}