What happens when I press the “Run Garbage Collector” button in Eclipse? Does it just call System.gc()?
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What happens when I press the “Run Garbage Collector” button in Eclipse? Does it just call System.gc()?
Yes, it is strictly a call to the JVM, not to an internal Eclipse function (see this thread).
Don’t forget the Memory Analyzer to also check paths to garbage collection roots (in a Head Dump) if you suspect some memory leaking in your Eclipse session.
Note: that button is only available if you select the “Show Heap status” in the General section of the Eclipse preferences: