You can fix your Java memory leak problem without a costly JVM heap dump. Just use Java Flight Recorder's Old Object Sample event and view the recording in JDK Mission Control.

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 ...

When you create a new object in Java,aClass a = new aClass();memory is dynamically allocated on the process's heap to store the object instance. A reference to this object is created on the stack ...

Allocation is done on a per-thread basis in each “Java process dedicated memory address space,” also known as the Java heap, or heap for short. Single-threaded allocation is common in the ...

Many parts of Java's Unsafe class are being deprecated and replaced with newer features that provide similar functionality. Here's what you need to know.

Pop quiz: Do you know what annotation metadata is? If you’re like most coders, you don’t—and that has been okay, says Graeme Rocher, creator of Java application frameworks, including Grails ...

Zing now supports an industry-leading 2TB of pauseless heap memory per Java instance, greatly improving the capabilities and response time of in-memory computing and simplifying deployments Zing 16.01 ...

Memory bugs, essentially a mistake in the management of heap memory, can occur in any program that is being written, enhanced, or maintained.

For the Azure cloud, jaz takes over the configuration of the heap size and the garbage strategy, among other things. The tool uses AppsCDS and, in the future, Project Leyden for optimization.

Netflix has announced a new Java library and toolkit for managing small- to medium-sized in-memory datasets that are disseminated from a single organization to multiple users for read-only access.