find which type of garbage collector is running

Question

Post JSE 5 ergonomics is intended to automatically select the appropriate type of garbage collector for you (among other things).

I would like to know if there is an

Answer 1

import java.lang.management.GarbageCollectorMXBean;
import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
import java.util.List;

public class GCInformation {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
            try {
                    List gcMxBeans = ManagementFactory.getGarbageCollectorMXBeans();

                    for (GarbageCollectorMXBean gcMxBean : gcMxBeans) {
                            System.out.println(gcMxBean.getName());
                            System.out.println(gcMxBean.getObjectName());
                    }

            } catch (RuntimeException re) {
                    throw re;
            } catch (Exception exp) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(exp);
            }
    }
}

e.g. try following commands to know various GC Type

java -XX:+PrintCommandLineFlags  GCInformation
java -XX:+PrintCommandLineFlags -XX:+UseParallelGC GCInformation
java -XX:+PrintCommandLineFlags -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+UseParNewGC GCInformation
java -XX:+PrintCommandLineFlags -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:-UseParNewGC GCInformation