With the recent announcement of JDK Enhancement Project (JEP) 188, now seems like a good time to brush up on what you know about the Java memory model. Authored by Doug Lea, JEP 188 proposes the ...

I don’t know anyone who likes investigating a Java heap dump. They can be massive — literally multiple gigs in size. They contain so much information that identifying the cause of a JVM memory leak ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Heap dump is a snapshot of the Java memory. It contains information about the Java objects and ...