Re: JDOM output buffering question
Rolf Lear <[email protected]>
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JVM's are typically reluctant to release memory back to the OS. A better way to monitor the actual memory usage (in your case) is to turn on the -verbose:gc commandline-option (or better, the -verbose:gc -XX:PrintGCTimeStamps) to your Java process. This will track your memory usage better, and tell you how much memory gets cleaned up from no-longer-referenced Java classes (Garbage Collected). May I suggest the following reading material: http://java.sun.com/j2se/reference/whitepapers/memorymanagement_whitepaper.pdf Once Java requests memory from the OS, it is very unlikely to give it back. Whether it gets used (again) or not. Tracking memory from the OS perspective gives you no indication as to whether objects are GC's or not. Another Alternative is to generate a Full heap dump from your JVM (Press Ctrl-ScrollLock in Windows, and Ctrl-\ on Unix (or kill-3 <pid>). Rolf Gamble, Wesley (WG10) wrote: > I'm watching the memory for the Java process in the Windows task > manager. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rolf Lear [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:41 PM > To: Gamble, Wesley (WG10) > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [jdom-interest] JDOM output buffering question > > Gamble, Wesley (WG10) wrote: > >> I put a finalize method on the object that holds the SAXBuilder as an >> instance variable, and set the SAXBuilder to null, and no memory is >> released. >> >> The descendant of the JDOM Document gets garbage collected, and I'm >> assuming the SAXBuilder will get garbage collected, but my memory is >> still way high. >> >> Can anyone think of any ways that resources could still be held on to >> in this scenario. Perhaps my leak is not in JDOM. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Wes >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> _______________________________________________ >> To control your jdom-interest membership: >> >> > http://www.jdom.org/mailman/options/jdom-interest/[email protected] > How are you measuring your memory usage? > > Rolf > > _______________________________________________ To control your jdom-interest membership: http://www.jdom.org/mailman/options/jdom-interest/[email protected]