A) Your english is very good for a second language
B) When he says clings, i think he means are the references in memory needed
used by velocity at a later stage (i.e they must stay in memory ) or can you
just use them and set it to null.....
On Fri October 28 2005 1:42 pm, E.R. van Es wrote:
> Unfortunatly I think need the data objects all the time, because all
> reports generated contain links to references wich are other data objects.
> I'll check my code again to see if I can drop anything, thanks for the
> hint. I don't know what you mean with "velocity cling into your objects"??
> (english is not my natural language...)
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:34:10 +0000 (UTC)
>
> "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "E.R. van Es" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Hmm didn't test that, but it ran out of memory using 512Mb, it runs
> > > fine with 800Mb... I admit there might be a memory problem, as
> > > there are over 450000 (!) data objects in memory but I don't want
> > > the application to do disc reads for every data fetch (as it runs
> > > over data fetching methods over 10000 times).
> >
> > Do you actually need that number of data objects all the time? I
> > remember a similar case where adding a single "foo = null" line to the
> > code brought the memory usage from ~ 1.2 GB down to < 5 MB. If you
> > drop the references to the data objects as soon as you don't need them
> > any longer, you can bring your memory usage down dramatically.
> >
> > Or does Velocity cling onto your objects? That would be an interesting
> > case to check.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Henning
> >
> > >On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:14:23 +0100
> > >
> > >Andrew Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> It could just be that it actually DOES need more memory. Out of
> > >> curiosity at what amount of memory does it stop being a problem ?
> > >>
> > >> On Thu October 27 2005 2:09 pm, E.R. van Es wrote:
> > >> > Hi,
> > >> >
> > >> > I gave the program 800Mb of memory, enabled caching and using a
> > >> > BufferedWriter, and the program runs with no noticable slow-down at
> > >> > all. Maybe I'll stress-test with twice the amount of information for
> > >> > fun :) Is it possible to do something like "memory leak detection"
> > >> > using some kind of debugging on java programs?
> > >> >
> > >> > Greets,
> > >> > Eric
> > >> >
> > >> > On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:26:00 +0200
> > >> >
> > >> > "E.R. van Es" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> > > The data is read from a plain text file and put in simple 'data'
> > >> > > objects first. I need all data from the file to be available
> > >> > > before processing the templates, so all data objects are saved in
> > >> > > an ArrayList, the getData() method search through the data objects
> > >> > > ArrayList for the key matching and returns only those data objects
> > >> > > needed in a new ArrayList.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Greetings,
> > >> > > Eric
> > >> > >
> > >> > > On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:09:57 +0100
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Andrew Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> > > > Just out of curiosity where is it gettng the data from ?
> > >> > > > database ? If so are you using a connection pool?
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > private
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > On Thu October 27 2005 8:03 am, E.R. van Es wrote:
> > >> > > > > Hi,
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > I'm running a test now with the BufferedWriter, we'll see what
> > >> > > > > happens. About the getData() method, maybe this actually is
> > >> > > > > the leak, it does this:
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > *** CODE ***
> > >> > > > > private ArrayList getData(String key) {
> > >> > > > > ArrayList temp = new ArrayList();
> > >> > > > > ... fetch data here and fill temp ...
> > >> > > > > return temp;
> > >> > > > > }
> > >> > > > > *** CODE END ***
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > I'm not a complete java guru, but is there a new temp
> > >> > > > > ArrayList allocated in memory every time I call this method?
> > >> > > > > won't previous created temp ArrayLists be collected by the
> > >> > > > > garbage collector?
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > Greetings,
> > >> > > > > Eric
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:57:08 -0400
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > James Kebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> > > > > > I would just turn up the amount of memory java can use.
> > >> > > > > > Does point to a possible memory leak somewhere though. What
> > >> > > > > > does getData() do? Note you're also shadowing the data
> > >> > > > > > variable in processData().
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > On 10/26/05, E.R. van Es <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> > > > > > > Hi Andrew,
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > does this really make a memory difference? The generated
> > >> > > > > > > files themselves are not that big (up to 50kb each) and
> > >> > > > > > > the writer is closed after each file... I didn't thought
> > >> > > > > > > about it so I'll try of course :)
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > Greetings,
> > >> > > > > > > Eric
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:12:28 +0100
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > Andrew Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> > > > > > > > Have you thought about using a buffered writer ?
> > >> > > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > On Wed October 26 2005 4:08 pm, E.R. van Es wrote:
> > >> > > > > > > > > Hello Velocity List,
> > >> > > > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > i have to create some big monthly reports on CD. I use
> > >> > > > > > > > > a simple java program to generate all reports in HTML
> > >> > > > > > > > > files using velocity
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > templates.
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > All data is pre-loaded and then the reports are
> > >> > > > > > > > > created by iterating
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > over
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > the data. However, there are too many files to create
> > >> > > > > > > > > (over 9600) and after file 7850 I get a java memory
> > >> > > > > > > > > exception. I use a scheme like
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > this:
> > >> > > > > > > > > *** JAVA CODE ***
> > >> > > > > > > > > private Context context;
> > >> > > > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > private void processData() {
> > >> > > > > > > > > ArrayList data = getDataKeys(); // this returns an
> > >> > > > > > > > > array with all
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > "data
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > keys" Iterator i = data.iterator();
> > >> > > > > > > > > while (i.hasNext()) {
> > >> > > > > > > > > String key = (String) i.next();
> > >> > > > > > > > > ArrayList data = getData(key); // get all data objects
> > >> > > > > > > > > for this key. context.put("key", key);
> > >> > > > > > > > > context.put("data", data);
> > >> > > > > > > > > processTemplate("template.vm", key + ".html");
> > >> > > > > > > > > }
> > >> > > > > > > > > }
> > >> > > > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > private void processTemplate(String template, String
> > >> > > > > > > > > outputFile) { FileWriter outputFileWriter = new
> > >> > > > > > > > > FileWriter(new File(outputFile));
> > >> > > > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > Template x = Velocity.getTemplate(template);
> > >> > > > > > > > > x.merge(context, outputFileWriter);
> > >> > > > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > outputFileWriter.close();
> > >> > > > > > > > > }
> > >> > > > > > > > > *** JAVA CODE END ***
> > >> > > > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > *** TEMPLATE CODE ***
> > >> > > > > > > > > <html>
> > >> > > > > > > > > ... bla bla ...
> > >> > > > > > > > > #foreach ( $el in $data )
> > >> > > > > > > > > $data.getX()<br>
> > >> > > > > > > > > $data.getY()<br>
> > >> > > > > > > > > and so on and so forth...
> > >> > > > > > > > > #end
> > >> > > > > > > > > ... bla bla ...
> > >> > > > > > > > > </html>
> > >> > > > > > > > > *** TEMPLATE CODE END ***
> > >> > > > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > As you can see I put every data class in the context
> > >> > > > > > > > > with identifier "data", my thought was to overwrite
> > >> > > > > > > > > the previous one and NOT get a
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > memory
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > problem, however I do get the memory problem. I can
> > >> > > > > > > > > adjust the java
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > memory
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > allocation to 1Gb but I was wondering if my approach
> > >> > > > > > > > > just isn't
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > correct?
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > I'm not sure about the processTemplate method, though
> > >> > > > > > > > > it workes
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > perfectly
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > for the first 7800 files :) By the way: I'm using
> > >> > > > > > > > > velocity-1.4.
> > >> > > > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance,
> > >> > > > > > > > > Eric
> > >> > > > > > > > >
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