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

[Ed Merks <merks@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric,

I think TPTP does have some tools for heap analysis.  Also, Java 6.0 has 
some nice mechanisms for tracking all instances of a type and stuff like 
that.  The hard part is how to attribute a memory allocation to a 
particular plugin, i.e., how from the point of allocation do you go up 
the stack to find whom to "blame" for the heap allocation?


Eric Bresie wrote:
> Is there a more appropriate newsgroup to talk about this kind of thing?
>
> If one was to want to add such functionality, what class is the 
> "About" dialog handled? 
> Looking around some, I find the TPTP project.  Would it be possible to 
> utilize some capabilities from the TPTP project to get some of this?
>
>
> Eric
>
> Ed Merks wrote:
>
> > 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