[jboss-dev] testing memory leaks

[Jonathan Halliday]

Hi all

I'm looking for a way to force garbage collection to run, as 
I need it in order to write meaningful memory leak tests.

As far as I can tell, there is no way for force gc from 
inside the jvm, short of hacks like allocating all the 
remaining free memory.

The best I can come up with so far is a bit of native code 
to call gc via the jvmti. This is a pain, as it means 
compiling for every test platform.

Anyone got a better idea?

Thanks

Jonathan.

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