Java Memoery Leaks

There are 2 articles on the topic of Java memory leaks by Gregg Sporar & A. Sundararajan in the April and May 2007 issues of the Software Test and Performance magazine which are definitely worth reading.

The authors, both with Sun Microsystems, explain the sources of possible memory leaks in Java applications and discuss a variety of tools for tracking and resolving them.

The articles are titled:

1. "Baffled By Brain Drain in Your Java Apps?" which appeared in the April 2007 issue
2. And, "It's Not Just the Younger Generations" which appeared in the May2007 issue