public String requestStatistics(){
  if (interval > 0) {
synchronized (sbmutex) {
      return sb.toString();
    }
  }
 else {
    sb.setLength(0);
    makeStringBuffer(sb);
    return sb.toString();
  }
}

public String requestStatistics ( ) { if ( interval > 0 ) { synchronized ( sbmutex ) { return sb . toString ( ) ; } } else { sb . setLength ( 0 ) ; makeStringBuffer ( sb ) ; return sb . toString ( ) ; } }
a method for other parts of the application to get stats the command processor uses this to report stats on request
