Description

One of the more important aspects of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is it’s managed memory subsystem. It’s an amazing piece of technology in that it allows developers to allocate a seemingly infinite amount of memory. The reality is that under the covers, the JVM is working on reclaiming all memory that is no longer in use. If the JVM is unable to recover memory, our application will fail with a dreaded OutOfMemoryError.

This workshop will cover several common scenarios that can cause the JVM to fail with an OutOfMemoryError. We’ll explore tooling and methods that can be used to diagnose the cause of an OutOfMemoryError. Finally, this is a workshop meaning you’ll go toe to toe with several applications that are failing with an OutOfMemoryError. Topics that will be covered include;

   Overview of Java heap
   Allocations in Java heap
   GC basics with Mark and Sweep
   Normal life cycle of a Java object
   Common causes of OutOfMemoryError
   Anatomy of a memory leak
   Tools for detecting memory leaks