while you can never be certain, you can always hope by calling gc().
Also, you could write your own JVM :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rowena Perks [mailto:Rowenap@w...]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 13:01
> To: Pro_JavaServer_Pages
> Subject: [pro_jsp] How to tune the garbage collection scheme
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dirk Draheim [mailto:draheim@i...]
> Sent: 19 September 2000 09:15
> To: support@w...
> Subject: Professional JSP - It's great !
> 
> 
> Dear Wrox Press !
> 
> I just read the book: Professional JSP.
> 
> It's great !
> 
> But now I have a question. Perhaps you could forward it
> to a specialist or even give me a hint where to ask, please ?
> 
> Thanks !
> 
> In chapter 7 (Sing Li), page 205, I read:
> 
> "Using some super Java VM 'xray' debug tool, the JSP guru
> starts to engineer the connection pooling mechanism for a web
> application
> to maximally use the available heap and stack memory, balancing it
> carefully by tuning the garbage collection scheme."
> 
> How to tune the garbage collection scheme ?
> 
> All my JVMs just allow me to use options -noasyncgc or -noclassgc,
> some of them even not -noasyncgc.
> 
> Are there tools (free or not free) to tune garbage collection ?
> 
> What is your favourite (free or not free) super Java VM 'xray' debug
> tool ?
> 
> What is your favourite (free or not free) performance monitor for Java ?
> 
> Thank you so much !
> 
> Yours
> 
> Dirk
> 
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