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Method for enabling comprehensive profiling of garbage-collected memory systems

US7506317B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 2004
Grant dateMar 17, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3466
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for profiling a heap. According to the method, a flexible and comprehensive general-purpose profiling interface that uniformly accommodates a wide variety of memory allocation and garbage collection methods is used. The profiling interface, among other things, employs a set of virtual machine profiling interface events that support all known types of garbage collection methods.

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