Category Archives: Java

Troubleshooting a problem over last weekend I ran into a classic memory leak. Yes, you can have memory leaks in Java! If you hold onto references to objects than the Java virtual machine cannot reclaim those objects. In my case, I was processing millions of records but not giving yielding and allowing an object cacheContinue reading “Detecting Memory Leaks”

With the release of MacOS 10.4 (aka Tiger) Apple rolled out launchd which is a system startup program that replaces cron, xinetd, init, etc. It also replaces /Library/StartupItems which I have typically used in the last for launching Tomcat and Postgresql. To run Tomcat on my Mac Mini I decided to finally figure out launchd.Continue reading “Launching Tomcat with Launchd”