JVM Troubleshooting Tools

This chapter tutorial notes on JVM troubleshooting tools. Topics include 'jinfo' to check JVM option values, 'jstack' to dump stack traces and detect deadlocks, 'jmap' to print heap histogram and dump heap files, 'jhat' to browse head files and run OQL queries.

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

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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

 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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