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package com.db4o.ext;
/**
* provides information about system state and system settings.
*/
public interface SystemInfo {
/**
* returns the number of entries in the Freespace Manager.
* <br><br>A high value for the number of freespace entries
* is an indication that the database is fragmented and
* that defragment should be run.
* @return the number of entries in the Freespace Manager.
*/
public int freespaceEntryCount();
/**
* returns the freespace size in the database in bytes.
* <br><br>When db4o stores modified objects, it allocates
* a new slot for it. During commit the old slot is freed.
* Free slots are collected in the freespace manager, so
* they can be reused for other objects.
* <br><br>This method returns a sum of the size of all
* free slots in the database file.
* <br><br>To reclaim freespace run defragment.
* @return the freespace size in the database in bytes.
*/
public long freespaceSize();
/**
* Returns the total size of the database on disk.
* @return total size of database on disk
*/
public long totalSize();
}