RWGRAY wrote:
> Does anyone have a suggestion/tool for tracking down "memory leaks".
>
> I build a BracnkGroup with lots of objects. Attach it to my scene. Later,
> I detach it. After detaching and calling System.gc(), I *never* see the
> memory usage for javaw decrease. (Windows 2000 task manager reports memory
> usage of tasks.)
>
Even when free memory is reclaimed by GC, the JVM doesn't necc.
release it to the OS. There are some JVM options that I think can
change this behavior, but I think the default is for the JVM to
hold on to free memory for it to reuse. I could be wrong. Or I
could be right and there is also a memory leak. Who knows.
I have used and like OptimizeIt.
-Kyle
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