Java’s garbage collection features tend to confuse new developers. I wrote this two-part series on garbage collection to dispel that confusion. Part 1 introduced you to garbage collection, explored ...

Take out the trash! When it’s applied to computer languages, that command conjures up a different meaning than the one you’re used to. In Java, trash, or garbage, is heap memory that a program ...

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This class demonstrates how to safely manage a FileWriter resource in Java using the Cleaner API. It ensures that the file resource is automatically closed either explicitly by the user or implicitly ...

What is Automatic Garbage Collector? Java’s automatic garbage collector is a built-in process within the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that continuously monitors and frees memory by identifying objects ...

As computer hardware gets cheaper and faster, administrators managing Java based servers are frequently encountering serious problems when managing their runtime environments. While our servers are ...

Real-time garbage collection isn't an oxymoron. Just try spreading the cost of garbage collection over time so programming languages like Java can suit real-time applications without resorting to a ...