GC Explained: Collectors Overview

The current version of HotSpot JVM includes three types of garbage collectors: – Serial Collector – Parallel Collector – The…

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GC Explained: Heap

Generational Garbage Collectors JVM heap is divided into two different Generations. One is called Young and the second one is…

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What causes OutOfMemoryError?

OutOfMemoryError might be thrown when one of the following circumstances occurs: JVM run out of native memory Java heap is…

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Safepoints

Safepoints There are two logical groups of threads in Java application: application threads performing application logic threads performing GC When…

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