Identifying memory leaks with the WebSphere Studio Profiler and the JDK Heapdump utility

Identifying memory leaks with the WebSphere Studio Profiler and the JDK Heapdump utility: "Java's automatic garbage collection makes it much easier to manage memory use in Java and J2EE applications, but it does not help manage references to objects. If object references are not removed when necessary, memory leaks can occur and cause critical performance problems. This article explains how the WebSphere Studio Profiler can help you solve memory leak problems, and how the IBM Heapdump and HeapRoots tools can help with problems that may be too complex for the WebSphere Studio Profiler. For each tool, the article describes the performance considerations and suitability for special tasks, then uses sample code to show you how to efficiently use the tools to debug Java memory leak problems in J2EE applications."