[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Plug-in Memory Usage

[Ed Merks <merks@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric,

No, memory usage can't be easily attributed to a particular plugin.


Eric Bresie wrote:
> Not sure if this feature exists already or this is a new feature 
> suggestion, but in the process of working with some large XML files, I 
> started noticing my Eclipse memory usage as a whole increases 
> substancially over time.  I searched around and found a large XML bug 
> on bugzilla, but this leads me to ask..
>
> Is there any way to identify the memory usage for a given plug-in?  I 
> would like, for example, to go to Help...About...Plugin and have a 
> column in the list included which indicates how much memory is being 
> used (and maybe if the plugin is active).  My thought was maybe this 
> could help me identify with where any possible plugin memory problems 
> may be happening.
>
> Eric