How do I check CPU and Memory Usage in Java?

If you are looking specifically for memory in JVM:

Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();

NumberFormat format = NumberFormat.getInstance();

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
long maxMemory = runtime.maxMemory();
long allocatedMemory = runtime.totalMemory();
long freeMemory = runtime.freeMemory();

sb.append("free memory: " + format.format(freeMemory / 1024) + "<br/>");
sb.append("allocated memory: " + format.format(allocatedMemory / 1024) + "<br/>");
sb.append("max memory: " + format.format(maxMemory / 1024) + "<br/>");
sb.append("total free memory: " + format.format((freeMemory + (maxMemory - allocatedMemory)) / 1024) + "<br/>");

However, these should be taken only as an estimate...

import java.io.File;
import java.text.NumberFormat;

public class SystemInfo {

    private Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();

    public String info() {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append(this.osInfo());
        sb.append(this.memInfo());
        sb.append(this.diskInfo());
        return sb.toString();
    }

    public String osName() {
        return System.getProperty("os.name");
    }

    public String osVersion() {
        return System.getProperty("os.version");
    }

    public String osArch() {
        return System.getProperty("os.arch");
    }

    public long totalMem() {
        return Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory();
    }

    public long usedMem() {
        return Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory() - Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory();
    }

    public String memInfo() {
        NumberFormat format = NumberFormat.getInstance();
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        long maxMemory = runtime.maxMemory();
        long allocatedMemory = runtime.totalMemory();
        long freeMemory = runtime.freeMemory();
        sb.append("Free memory: ");
        sb.append(format.format(freeMemory / 1024));
        sb.append("<br/>");
        sb.append("Allocated memory: ");
        sb.append(format.format(allocatedMemory / 1024));
        sb.append("<br/>");
        sb.append("Max memory: ");
        sb.append(format.format(maxMemory / 1024));
        sb.append("<br/>");
        sb.append("Total free memory: ");
        sb.append(format.format((freeMemory + (maxMemory - allocatedMemory)) / 1024));
        sb.append("<br/>");
        return sb.toString();

    }

    public String osInfo() {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append("OS: ");
        sb.append(this.osName());
        sb.append("<br/>");
        sb.append("Version: ");
        sb.append(this.osVersion());
        sb.append("<br/>");
        sb.append(": ");
        sb.append(this.osArch());
        sb.append("<br/>");
        sb.append("Available processors (cores): ");
        sb.append(runtime.availableProcessors());
        sb.append("<br/>");
        return sb.toString();
    }

    public String diskInfo() {
        /* Get a list of all filesystem roots on this system */
        File[] roots = File.listRoots();
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

        /* For each filesystem root, print some info */
        for (File root : roots) {
            sb.append("File system root: ");
            sb.append(root.getAbsolutePath());
            sb.append("<br/>");
            sb.append("Total space (bytes): ");
            sb.append(root.getTotalSpace());
            sb.append("<br/>");
            sb.append("Free space (bytes): ");
            sb.append(root.getFreeSpace());
            sb.append("<br/>");
            sb.append("Usable space (bytes): ");
            sb.append(root.getUsableSpace());
            sb.append("<br/>");
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

If you are using the Sun JVM, and are interested in the internal memory usage of the application (how much out of the allocated memory your app is using) I prefer to turn on the JVMs built-in garbage collection logging. You simply add -verbose:gc to the startup command.

From the Sun documentation:

The command line argument -verbose:gc prints information at every collection. Note that the format of the -verbose:gc output is subject to change between releases of the J2SE platform. For example, here is output from a large server application:

[GC 325407K->83000K(776768K), 0.2300771 secs]
[GC 325816K->83372K(776768K), 0.2454258 secs]
[Full GC 267628K->83769K(776768K), 1.8479984 secs]

Here we see two minor collections and one major one. The numbers before and after the arrow

325407K->83000K (in the first line)

indicate the combined size of live objects before and after garbage collection, respectively. After minor collections the count includes objects that aren't necessarily alive but can't be reclaimed, either because they are directly alive, or because they are within or referenced from the tenured generation. The number in parenthesis

(776768K) (in the first line)

is the total available space, not counting the space in the permanent generation, which is the total heap minus one of the survivor spaces. The minor collection took about a quarter of a second.

0.2300771 secs (in the first line)

For more info see: http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/gc5.0/gc_tuning_5.html

From here

    OperatingSystemMXBean operatingSystemMXBean = (OperatingSystemMXBean) ManagementFactory.getOperatingSystemMXBean();
    RuntimeMXBean runtimeMXBean = ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean();
    int availableProcessors = operatingSystemMXBean.getAvailableProcessors();
    long prevUpTime = runtimeMXBean.getUptime();
    long prevProcessCpuTime = operatingSystemMXBean.getProcessCpuTime();
    double cpuUsage;
    try
    {
        Thread.sleep(500);
    }
    catch (Exception ignored) { }

    operatingSystemMXBean = (OperatingSystemMXBean) ManagementFactory.getOperatingSystemMXBean();
    long upTime = runtimeMXBean.getUptime();
    long processCpuTime = operatingSystemMXBean.getProcessCpuTime();
    long elapsedCpu = processCpuTime - prevProcessCpuTime;
    long elapsedTime = upTime - prevUpTime;

    cpuUsage = Math.min(99F, elapsedCpu / (elapsedTime * 10000F * availableProcessors));
    System.out.println("Java CPU: " + cpuUsage);

JMX, The MXBeans (ThreadMXBean, etc) provided will give you Memory and CPU usages.

OperatingSystemMXBean operatingSystemMXBean = (OperatingSystemMXBean) ManagementFactory.getOperatingSystemMXBean();
operatingSystemMXBean.getSystemCpuLoad();