Analyzing memory leaks

You can detect memory management problems at the class and object level by collecting heap information in heap dumps as your application runs, and then comparing the heap dumps. This comparison identifies changes in the memory that is allocated in the Java™ heap, and is the basis for generating a list of the most probable leak candidates.

The following topics provide specific instructions:

Parent topic: Detecting and analyzing run-time problems

Related concepts
Memory leak analysis user interface reference

Related tasks
Getting started: Creating a profiling configuration for run-time problem determination

Related information
Getting started: Profiling J2EE applications
Getting started: Memory leak analysis

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