- A Bit About Garbage Collection - In an excerpt from Thinking in Java, Bruce Eckel talks about automatic garbage collection, a cool feature that de-allocates unused memory space, freeing it up for other purposes.
- Better object management - Heap exhaustion and excessive garbage collection are often the result of poor object management. Here are a few tips to ensure you're not falling into this trap.
- Do You Know Your Data Size? - In this Java Tip, Vladimir Roubtsov explains problems with previous solutions. In addition, based on his experience exploring memory usage, he offers a few tips on working around some Java inefficiencies.
- Generational Garbage Collection - This article explains how the HotSpot JVM uses system resources to provide significant throughput improvement with no code modifications.
- Object allocation - This article discusses how objects are allocated in the Java heap for garbage collection.
- Trash Talk, Part1 - Jeff Friesen introduces you to garbage collection and shows how Java's optional support for it affects your programs.
- Trash Talk, Part2 - Jeff Friesen explores the Reference Objects API, an API that allows your programs to interact with the garbage collector in limited ways.
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