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 ...

This blog posting looks at how VisualVM can be used to generate and analyze a heap dump in a manner similar to that done with command-line tools jmap and jhat. The jmap (Java Memory Map ...

To reduce application execution time, Java’s segmented code cache would be extended with an optional “hot” code heap to compactly accommodate a part of non-profiled methods, under a draft ...

In each Android app, a heap size is dynamically created to take care of the new objects you create in the Android program. You have the option to create your own heap size using the ...

Microsoft has announced the private preview of jaz, a new Java Virtual Machine (JVM) launcher tailored for cloud deployments ...

Whenever a new string variable or object is created, it is stored in computer memory. Memory is split into two high-level blocks, the stack and the heap. Java stores object values in heap memory; ...