jmap - JVM Heap Dump Tool

This section describes the JVM heap dump tool, 'jmap', command and its options. Windows version of 'jmap' can print heap histogram and generate heap dump.

What Is "jmap"? - "jmap" (Java memory Map) is tool to print shared object memory maps or heap memory details of a given JVM process or a Java core file on the local machine or on a remote machine through a debug server.

The "jmap" tool included in the Windows version of JDK supports functions to print histogram of Java object heap and generate a heap dump of a given JVM process:

herong> jmap

Usage:
    jmap -clstats <pid>
        to connect to running process and print class loader statistics
    jmap -finalizerinfo <pid>
        to connect to running process and print information on objects
        awaiting finalization
    jmap -histo[:live] <pid>
        to connect to running process and print histogram of java object
        heap if the "live" suboption is specified, only count live objects
    jmap -dump:<dump-options> <pid>
        to connect to running process and dump java heap

    dump-options:
      live         dump only live objects; if not specified,
                   all objects in the heap are dumped.
      format=b     binary format
      file=<file>  dump heap to <file>

    Example: jmap -dump:live,format=b,file=heap.bin <pid>

See the next section on how to use "jmap" to print heap histogram and to generate heap dump.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Java Tools Terminology

 Java Tools Included in JDK

 javac - The Java Program Compiler

 java - The Java Program Launcher

 jar - The JAR File Tool

 jlink - The JRE Linker

 jmod - The JMOD File Tool

 jimage - The JIMAGE File Tool

 jpackage - Binary Package Builder

 javadoc - The Java Document Generator

 jdeps - The Java Class Dependency Analyzer

 jdeprscan - The Java Deprecated API Scanner

 jdb - The Java Debugger

 jcmd - The JVM Diagnostic Tool

 jconsole - Java Monitoring and Management Console

 jstat - JVM Statistics Monitoring Tool

JVM Troubleshooting Tools

 JVM Troubleshooting Tools in JDK

 jinfo - VM Option Value Checker

 jinfo - Changing HotSpot VM Option

 jstack - Stack Tracer to Generate Thread Dump

 What Is a Thread Dump?

 Java Thread Deadlock Demo Program

 jstack - Detecting Java Thread Deadlocks

jmap - JVM Heap Dump Tool

 Printing Histogram of Java Object Heap

 jmap - Generating Heap Dump File

 jhat - Java Heap Analysis Tool

 jhat - Starting Web Server on a Heap Dump File

 Listing Instance Counts of All Classes

 Browsing Object Instance Values

 Object Query Language (OQL)

 Searching for Instances with OQL Statements

 jhsdb - The Java HotSpot Debugger

 jvisualvm (Java VisualVM) - JVM Visual Tool

 jmc - Java Mission Control

 javap - The Java Class File Disassembler

 keytool - Public Key Certificate Tool

 jarsigner - JAR File Signer

 jshell - Java Language Shell

 jrunscript - Script Code Shell

 Miscellaneous Tools

 native2ascii - Native-to-ASCII Encoding Converter

 JAB (Java Access Bridge) for Windows

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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