How to free or increase available JVM runtime memory in java with Example
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Runtime.gc() method
Increasing free memory of JVM runtime using gc() method of Runtime Object.
Runtime runtime = new Runtime();
runtime.gc();
GCFreeMemoryExample
public class GCFreeMemoryExample {
public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
System.out.println("Presently available free memory on JVM: "+runtime.freeMemory()+" bytes.");
//Run to increcase available memory size of JVM
runtime.gc();
System.out.println("After gc method call free memory on JVM: "+runtime.freeMemory()+" bytes.");
}
}
Output
Presently available free memory on JVM: 15487000 bytes.
After gc method call free memory on JVM: 15952240 bytes.
