storing a register value in an integer variable

[Guest_imported]

I want to know if I can do the following in java.

I've declared an integer variable i. I want to set
i to be equal to the value currently contained in some machine register, say $r1, whatever the value is:

int i= {value currently in register $r1}

Assuming that my machine has an x86 or mips architecture,
can this be done?

Bobs62

 

[NinjaMan]

Not natively. This would hinder java's platform independence. If I had such a need in one of my apps, I'd use jni to call a native C/C++ function or class to do the job.