This document discusses memory management in Java and analyzing memory usage. It describes the sizes of primitive data types and object headers in Java. It also covers garbage collection, memory leaks if references are not properly cleared, and solutions like SoftReference and WeakReference to help prevent memory leaks. Tools for analyzing heap dumps are presented, including Eclipse Memory Analyzer, which can show histograms of object instances, dominator trees, and paths to GC roots to help debug memory issues.
Related topics: