Troubleshooting Java memory problems can be tricky. In this article, we discuss the proper approach for locating them, and we take a look at a wide range of tools we can use to eradicate them.

Memory alignment does matter (as shown, for example, for primitive array types in Java Tip 130), but I think it is unprofitable to chase after such low-level details.

How to use Java JVM options To use any of these JVM options, simply append them as text after the java runtime command. For example, the following command runs an app called Go with six different ...

Memory allocation issues are only a subset of the problems common to C/C++ that cause potential bugs and vulnerabilities, but they are a large subset and are very annoying to track down and fix.