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Eclipse Java heap dump
File type: Various data file
Files with hprof extension are related to the Java heap dump file format used to store snapshot of the memory of a Java process at a certain point of time.
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: December 5, 2023
File extension hprof is associated with the Java run-time environment and programming language for various platforms.
A .hprof file stores a snapshot of the memory of a Java process at a certain point of time.
This file is typically used for debugging memory leaks or excessive memory consumption issues in Java applications. It can be analyzed using various tools, such as Eclipse Memory Analyzer Tool (MAT), to identify the objects that are consuming the most memory and to understand the relationships between objects.
In Eclipse, you can generate a hprof file by running your Java application with the following VM arguments: -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=/path/to/dump.hprof This will instruct the JVM to generate a heap dump when an OutOfMemoryError is thrown and to save it to the specified path.
Use Eclipse Memory Analyzer to open .hprof files.
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Software applications that can open hprof files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create hprof files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving hprof files:
Microsoft Windows
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