We present a new technique for helping developers understand heap referencing properties of object-oriented programs and how the actions of the program affect these properties. Our dynamic analysis ...

It seems the application tries to load entire files into memory, which quickly exhausts the Java heap. Increasing the container's Java heap size mitigates the issue, but the memory usage still scales ...

Demonstration and explanation of reference variables and passing by reference. We also revisit our lecturer class, going over the places where we passed by reference without much explanation earlier.

Copying objects is a common Java programming operation that has one serious trap. Here's how to avoid copying from an object reference and only copy the instance and values you want.

A Big Week for Floating Rocks A physicist explains LK-99 and the appeal of “unidentified superconducting objects.” ...

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.

Heap leaching has become a popular method of extracting gold, writes mining consultant Nicolaas C. Steenkamp and Leon Louw, writer, editor and specialist in African affairs and mining.