The hot code heap proposal is based on older proposals for a segmented code cache and compiler control. Both are from Java Development Kit 9, which was released in September 2017.

I believe that prior to 1.3 (maybe it was 1.2) Java was exact for pointers on the heap, conservative for pointers on the stack, because being exact for pointers on the stack means maintaining ...

Live Objects on the Java heap Along with the initial automated analysis, Java Mission Control will provide a list indicating the size of all active items on the heap, along with a list of all live ...

An Oracle-developed, low-latency Java garbage collector geared to large heaps could move to the open source community, if a proposal to do so gets community approval. Votes are due by November 8.

While a developer can't specifically force Java garbage collection, they can ask the JVM to prioritize the process. If developers need the JVM to free up some heap space, here are five ways to ...