Record
allocation data in the tool bar or by selecting
Profiler->Record allocation data from JProfiler's main menu.
Allocation data acquisition can be stopped by clicking on
Stop
recording allocation data in the tool bar or by selecting
Profiler->Stop recording allocation data from JProfiler's
main menu.
Restarting data acquisition resets all data in the the class monitor view, the allocation monitor view and the allocation hot spots view
When you
stop recording allocations,
the recorded objects will still be tracked for garbage collection. For example, if all recorded
objects are garbage collected, both class monitor and allocation monitor will be empty in their
default view mode (live objects only). You can then still display all recorded objects if you
switch to one of the other two view modes (garbage collected only or both live and garbage collected).
The heap walker will be able to display allocation information only for recorded objects, otherwise the entire heap is displayed in the heap walker.
take heap snapshot with selection
action on the toolbar, in the Edit and context menus
takes a heap snapshot and creates an object set with the currently selected objects.