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Posted to dev@ant.apache.org by Magesh Umasankar <um...@apache.org> on 2002/06/18 21:37:14 UTC

Task to perform garbage collection

Hi,

I propose to create a very simple task named
<recyclememory/> or <collectgarbage/> that

* invokes System.runFinalization(); and then
* invokes System.gc();

This gives the build writer a chance to
suggest to the JVM to free up memory just
before start of a heavy-weight job, for 
instance.

Comments?

Cheers,
Magesh

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Re: Task to perform garbage collection

Posted by Steve Loughran <st...@iseran.com>.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Magesh Umasankar" <um...@apache.org>
To: "Ant Developers List" <an...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 12:37
Subject: Task to perform garbage collection


> Hi,
>
> I propose to create a very simple task named
> <recyclememory/> or <collectgarbage/> that
>
> * invokes System.runFinalization(); and then
> * invokes System.gc();
>
> This gives the build writer a chance to
> suggest to the JVM to free up memory just
> before start of a heavy-weight job, for
> instance.
>

yeah, go for it. have a property to set the memory consumption stats too,
eh?


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