JVM Flight Recorder and JDK Mission Control provide a variety of advanced features that allow developers to troubleshoot Java memory leaks without the need to inspect complicated Java heap dumps. Get ...

Learn how to optimize JVM and JIT compiler performance for better execution speed, memory usage, and resource utilization in your Java applications—and how to check your results.

Use the totalMemory() and freeMemory() methods in the Java runtime class, which shows how much total heap memory is being controlled by the JVM, along with how much is not in use at a particular time.

Eliminate development practices that cause Java memory leaks. JVM tuning and Java performance optimization are important activities in the application lifecycle. They maximize application performance ...

Java Doesn’t Have to Be Heavy “People often think Java means heavyweight,” Rocher says, but that reputation has more to do with the APIs and tools that the JVM provides to build frameworks.