Eye on performance: Wait leaks

By Jack Shirazi & Kirk Pepperdine
2005-04-28


Resources
• Reference object leaks" (developerWorks, August 2003) provides a step by step technique for eliminating object leaks.

• " Question of the month: Handling OutOfMemoryError" (Java Performance Tuning, November 2003) gives more details on object leaks.

• " More flexible, scalable locking in JDK 5.0" (developerWorks, October 2004)offers some alternatives to using wait/notify.

• The Sun 1.4 JVM includes a deadlock detector.

• Issue 93 of The Java Specialists' Newsletter had this article on Automatically Detecting Thread Deadlocks in 5.0 .

• Read all the tips in the Eye on performance series.

• The authors' Web site, Java Performance Tuning, offers a wealth of performance tips and suggested reading.

• Read all about performance tuning in Java Performance Tuning, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly 2003) by Jack Shirazi.

• Find hundreds of articles about every aspect of Java programming in the developerWorks Java technology zone.

• Visit the Developer Bookstore for a comprehensive listing of technical books, including hundreds of Java-related titles.

Tutorial Pages:
» Gain a Better Understanding of this Curious Race Condition
» Wait Leaks
» Simulating a Wait Leak
» Spotting a Wait Leak
» The Final Word
» Resources


First published by IBM developerWorks

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