A garbage collector performs automatic dynamic memory management through the following operations: Allocates from and gives back memory to the operating system. Hands out that memory to the application as it requests it. Determines which parts of that memory is still in use by the application.

5 Answers Sorted by: 6 You could try monitoring your application with VisualVM. There is a plugin that gives info on the garbage collector activity. http://visualvm.java.net/plugins.html Share Improve this answer Follow answered Jan 19, 2012 at 9:39 Arnaud Gourlay 4,646 1 29 35

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