Eclipse: Garbage Collector Button

What happ开发者_运维技巧ens when I press the "Run Garbage Collector" button in Eclipse? Does it just call System.gc()?

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Yes, it is strictly a call to the JVM, not to an internal Eclipse function (see this thread).

Don't forget the Memory Analyzer to also check paths to garbage collection roots (in a Head Dump) if you suspect some memory leaking in your Eclipse session.

Note: that button is only available if you select the "Show Heap status" in the General section of the Eclipse preferences:

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Yes, the System.gc() is called!

Very useful in the Eclipse –>Preferences–>General-> Show heap status

then you can see in the lower right corner the "trash can" to run the Garbage Collector. =)

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Yes, System.gc() is called when the "Run Garbage Collector" button is pressed.

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Garbage Collection is the process of reclaiming the runtime unused memory by destroying the unused objects. Java Garbage Collection is the process by which Java programs perform automatic memory management. Java programs compile into bytecode that can be run on a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

To enable Eclipse garbage collector button & see the status of the memory, to the following steps:

1. Click on Windows Drop-Down Menu.

2. Select Preferences.

3. Tick/Enable Show Heap Status

4. Click Apply & Close

Now the GC button & Memory Status is visible & you can use it to reclaim the memory which is no longer being used by a Java application and to recycle this memory for other uses.