JDK Mission Control memory leak detection When a tracked object on the Java heap is garbage collected, it’s removed from the sample and a new one added. Over time, objects that have causes a memory ...

Figure 1 is a heap usage chart provided by JProbe. It gives a runtime summary of the heap memory in use over time as the Java EE application runs. The green area indicates the heap usage. The ...

Yes, what you said happens.<BR><BR>The GC can figure out what you're doing easier if you make a = null before you assign a = new aClass () again. (At least, it did in the 1.2 era. No idea if the ...