Picking up where his classic Java Performance (co-authored with Binu John) left off, in this book Charlie Hunt (along with Monica Beckwith, Poonam Parhar, and Bengt Rutisson concentrate in detail on two key elements of the Java platform: the Garbage First (G1) garbage collector and the HotSpot VM Serviceability Agent.

Coverage includes

• Using G1 to overcome limitations in parallel, serial, and CMS garbage collection
• All the stages of G1 GC collections, both young and old
• Using G1 and fine-tuning it for your application
• Identifying potential optimizations, interpreting experimental results, and taking action
• Exploring the internals of the HotSpot VM
• Using HotSpot VM Serviceability Agent to analyze, triage, and resolve diverse HotSpot VM issues
• Troubleshooting out of memory errors, Java level deadlocks, and HotSpot VM crashes
• Extending the Serviceability Agent, and using the Plugin for VisualVM
• Mastering useful HotSpot VM command line options not covered in Java Performance

Author: Charlie Hunt, Monica Beckwith, Poonam Parhar, and Bengt Rutisson
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Date: April 2016
Pages: 183
ISBN: 978-0133796827
Print: 0133796825
KIndle: B01DYIPZEA
Audience: Java programmers
Level: Advanced
Category: Java

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