Search for the memory duplicities in the Java applications using shallow and deep object comparison

• Autorzy: Lipka Richard , Potuzak Tomas

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.15439/2019F286

• Konferencja: Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (14 ; 01-04.09.2019 ; Leipzig, Germany)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In high-level object languages, such as Java, a problem of unnecessary duplicates of instances can easily appear. Although there can be a valid reason for maintaining several clones of the same data in the memory, often it indicates that the application can be refactored into a more efficient one. Unnecessary instances consume memory, but in case of Java applications can also have a significant impact on the application performance, as they might prolong the time needed for the garbage collection. In this paper, we are presenting a method and a tool that allows detecting duplicity in the heap dump of a Java application, based on the shallow and deep object comparison. The tool allows to identify the problematic instances in the memory and thus helps programmers to create a better application. On several case studies, we also demonstrate that the duplicates appear not only in the student projects and similar programs that often suffer from poor maintenance but also in commonly available Java tools and frameworks.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Java; program diagnostics; software maintenance; storage management

PL

Java; diagnostyka; konserwacja oprogramowania; zarządzanie pamięcią masową

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Informatyczne
• Czasopismo: Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: Vol. 18
• Strony: 781--789
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 23 poz., rys., wykr., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Lipka Richard

• NTIS - New Technologies for the Information Society, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Univerzitni 8, Plzen, 323 00, Czech Republic

autor

Potuzak Tomas

• NTIS - New Technologies for the Information Society, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Univerzitni 8, Plzen, 323 00, Czech Republic

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Uwagi

1. This research was supported by the project LO1506 (PUNTIS) of the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports under the program NPU I

2. Track 5: Software and System Engineering

3. Technical Session: Joint 39th IEEE Software Engineering Workshop (SEW-39) and 6th International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems (IWCPS-6)

4. Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2020).