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4.memory Management in Java

The document discusses memory management in Java. It covers: - Java uses a garbage collector to manage memory on the heap automatically, unlike C/C++ which requires manual memory management. - The Java heap uses a free block list and allocated block list to manage memory. As objects are allocated and de-allocated, memory can become fragmented. - The static heap contains immutable class declarations, while the dynamic heap contains objects and references to methods in the static heap. - The garbage collector runs when memory is exhausted to free up space for objects no longer referenced.

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4.memory Management in Java

The document discusses memory management in Java. It covers: - Java uses a garbage collector to manage memory on the heap automatically, unlike C/C++ which requires manual memory management. - The Java heap uses a free block list and allocated block list to manage memory. As objects are allocated and de-allocated, memory can become fragmented. - The static heap contains immutable class declarations, while the dynamic heap contains objects and references to methods in the static heap. - The garbage collector runs when memory is exhausted to free up space for objects no longer referenced.

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Memory Management in Java

Objectives
• Study Stack, Static Heap, Dynamic Heap
• Allocation and Deallocation
• Garbage Collection
Memory Management in Java
▪ Review: In C, 4 basic regions: Data segment (for global data),
code segment (for statements), stack (for local data of
functions when they are called), heap (for dynamic data).
C/C++ programmers must explicitly manage the heap of a
program.
▪ How Java heap is managed? (Refer to:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/)
– JVM supports the garbage collector in order to free Java
programmers from explicitly managing heap
– Java heap is managed by 2 lists: Free block list, Allocated block list
– Initial, free block list is all the heap
– After very much times for allocating and de-allocating memory,
fragmented and free blocks are not contiguous
Memory Management in Java
❖ How are data allocated in heap?
- Way: First fit
- If there is no blank block is fit, Java memory manager must compact
memory in order to create more larger free block
❖ Heap structure in Java
• Static heap contains class declarations → Invariable, garbage
collection is not needed
• Dynamic heap is divided into two sections: The first contains
objects and the second contains relations between object and
appropriate method in static heap. When an object is not used
(garbage), it’s memory can be de-allocated.
• When an object is created, a field for reference to the class declaration is
automatically added
• The next slide will depict it..
Memory Management in Java
Memory Management in Java
Garbage Collection
• Most modern languages permit you to allocate data
storage during a program run. In Java, this is done
directly when you create an object with the new
operation and indirectly when you call a method that
has local variables or arguments.
• Local data of a method include: return data,
parameters, variables are declared in the body of the
method.
• Local methods are allocated space on the stack and are
discarded when the method exits, but objects are
allocated space on the heap and have a longer lifetime.
Garbage Collection
• In Java, you never explicitly free the memory that
are allocated; instead, Java provides automatic
garbage collection.
• The runtime system keeps track of the memory
that is allocated and is able to determine whether
that memory is still useable.
• Garbage collector has the lowest priority. It runs
only when the system heap becomes exhausted.
• A data is treated as garbage when it is out of it’s
scope or an object is assigned to null.
Garbage Collection
Object obj1 = new Object();
int x= 5;
if (x<10) {
Object obj2= new Object();
Scope of a variable begins at the line
int y=3;
where it is declared and ends at the
closing bracket of the block
………
containing it
}
int t=7;
obj1 = null; obj2, y are out of scope ( they are
t*=8; no longer used)
……
obj1= null → Memory allocated to
obj1 is no longer used
Garbage Collection
When does garbage collector execute?
• Garbage collector has the lowest priority. So, it
runs only when program’s memory is
exhausted.
• It is called by JVM only. We can not activate it.

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