Class HeapDumper

java.lang.Object

se.jiderhamn.HeapDumper

public class HeapDumper
extends Object

Class that helps programatically dumping the heap. Heavily inspired by https://blogs.oracle.com/sundararajan/entry/programmatically_dumping_heap_from_java

Author:

Mattias Jiderhamn

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	HEAP_DUMP_EXTENSION	Filename extension for heap dumps

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HeapDumper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	dumpHeap(File file, boolean live)	Dump the heap snapshot into a file.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

HEAP_DUMP_EXTENSION

public static final String HEAP_DUMP_EXTENSION

Filename extension for heap dumps

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

HeapDumper

public HeapDumper()

Method Details

dumpHeap

public static void dumpHeap(File file,
 boolean live)
                     throws ClassNotFoundException

Dump the heap snapshot into a file.

Parameters:

file - The file in which the dump will be stored

live - Dump only live objects?

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException