Obviously, the JVM uses this object property to store some 250 bytes of native data that supports stack tracing. Finally, profiling objects that make use of java.lang.ref.* references can lead to ...

Loitering Objects and Java Framework Design. By Leonard Slipp ; February 5, 2001; ONE OF THE key objectives early in the design of Java was to create an environment that eliminated the memory ...

Java provides a way for the programmer to exercise control over memory management by marking certain objects as expendable via reference objects. Should an application’s memory requirements ...