I've been spending lots of time with NetBeans profiler, but I'm unable
to get passed various runtime errors.

I've done Internet searches and found a dozen open source profilers
that seem to be abandoned. JProbe looks great, but it's $700, which is
completely out of my budget (I'd happily pay $100-$150 for a really
nice profiler, but $700 is just too much for a tool on a personal
project).

Can I add Java code to query the JVM for memory usage and CPU usage
info and use logs of that data to optimize? Specifcally, is it
possible to query:
 - Amount of memory currently used by JVM?
 - Amount of memory used by a given HashMap (including keys + values)?
 - CPU cycle-type metrics? Of course, system clock is great, but
sometimes, a more direct measure is preferred

Also, when I use Java JConsole.exe, heap memory is split into Eden
Space, Survivor Space, and Tenured/Old Space. I've read the docs, and
don't quite understand the distinction between Eden/Survivor space.
Could someone attempt to explain this?

Alternatively, is there another platform with better performance
characteristics and optimization tools than Java? I can migrate to a
different dev toolset if need be.
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