1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/vespajlib/src/main/java/com/yahoo/protect/Process.java b/vespajlib/src/main/java/com/yahoo/protect/Process.java
index 4d2fafd4665..bc5f0d8f876 100644
--- a/vespajlib/src/main/java/com/yahoo/protect/Process.java
+++ b/vespajlib/src/main/java/com/yahoo/protect/Process.java
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 // Copyright 2017 Yahoo Holdings. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
 package com.yahoo.protect;
 
+import com.sun.management.HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean;
 
+import javax.management.MBeanServer;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
@@ -70,6 +74,15 @@ public final class Process {
         }
     }
 
+    public static void dumpHeap(String filePath, boolean live) throws IOException {
+        getHotspotMXBean().dumpHeap(filePath, live);
+    }
+
+    private static HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean getHotspotMXBean() throws IOException {
+        MBeanServer server = ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer();
+        return ManagementFactory.newPlatformMXBeanProxy(
+                server, "com.sun.management:type=HotSpotDiagnostic", HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean.class);
+    }
 
     public static void dumpThreads() {
         boolean alreadyDumpingThreads = busyDumpingThreads.getAndSet(true);