There are a good number of articles that articulate functional differences between HashMap, HashTable and ConcurrentHashMap. This post compares the performance behavior of these data structures through practical examples. If you don't have patience to read the entire post, here is bottom line: When you confront with the decision of whether to use HashMap or... Continue Reading →
java.lang.ClassLoader#loadClass() API is used by 3rd party libraries, JDBC Drivers, frameworks, application servers to load a java class into the memory. Application developers don’t use this API frequently. However when they use the APIs such as ‘java.lang.Class.forName()’ or ‘org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.forName()’, they internally call this 'java.lang.ClassLoader#loadClass()' API. Frequent usage of this API amongst different threads at runtime... Continue Reading →
When we launch applications, we specify the initial memory size and maximum memory size. For the applications that run on JVM (Java Virtual Machine), initial and maximum memory size is specified through ‘-Xms’ and ‘-Xmx’ arguments. If Java applications are running on containers, it's specified through ‘-XX: InitialRAMPercentage’ and ‘-XX: MaxRAMPercentage’ arguments. Most enterprises set... Continue Reading →
Java developers tend to use 'java.util.UUID#randomUUID()' API, to generate a UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) number (i.e., 'b8bbcbed-ca07-490c-8711-5118ee0af2f9'). Under certain circumstances, using this API can affect your application’s availability. Let’s discuss this API in this post with a real-world example. How does 'java.util.UUID#randomUUID()' API works? java.util.UUID#randomUUID() API internally uses 'entropy' in the operating system to generate... Continue Reading →
When you tune Garbage collection performance, you are not only improving Garbage collection pause time but also the overall application's response time and reducing cloud computing cost. Recently we helped to tune the Garbage collection behavior of a popular application. Just by making a minor change, it resulted in a dramatic improvement. Let's discuss this... Continue Reading →
Analyzing garbage collection log provides several advantages like: Reduces GC pause time, reduces cloud computing cost, predicts outages, provides effective metrics for capacity planning. To learn about the profound advantages of GC log analysis, please refer to this post. In this post let's learn how to analyze GC logs? Basically, there are 3 essential steps... Continue Reading →
As the author of GCeasy - Garbage collection log analysis tool, I get to see few interesting Garbage Collection Patterns again & again. Based on the Garbage collection pattern, you can detect the health and performance characteristics of the application instantly. In this post, let me share few interesting Garbage collection patterns that have intrigued... Continue Reading →
'java.lang.System.getProperty()' is a common API used by Java developers to read the System properties that are configured during application startup time. i.e. when you pass "-DappName=buggyApp" as your application's startup JVM argument, the value of the 'appName' system property can be read by invoking the 'java.lang.System.getProperty()'. Example: public static String getAppName() { String app =... Continue Reading →
I am slightly hesitant to write this post, as it might attract some criticism. Nevertheless, I told myself there is nothing wrong with sharing my point of view (even though it might not be well accepted). I would like to share my personal experience regarding yesterday's Monolithic and today's Microservice architecture in this post. Yesterday's... Continue Reading →
There are different flavors of OutOfMemoryError. One of the flavours of OutOfMemoryError is 'Kill Process or sacrifice child'. This post discusses what triggers this 'Kill Process or sacrifice child' OutOfMemoryError and potential solutions to diagnose this problem. What triggers Out Of memory: Kill Process or sacrifice child? When processes in the host tend to consume... Continue Reading →
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