[Owasp-webscarab] Garbage Collection

[Mark Matrafajlo]

Thx

On 9/13/06, Rogan Dawes <lists at dawes.za.net> wrote:
> Mark Matrafajlo wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > How do I automate GC?  It gets pretty annoying to have to keep
> > checking back with the application when you are browsing through an
> > application.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
>
> Garbage collection IS automated. The Java VM just does it periodically,
> as part of the VM housekeeping. However, once WebScarab hits the limit,
> you'll just get errors, and will be unable to save your session, etc.
>
> Hence the indicator.
>
> WebScarab should be good for about 2000-3000 conversations with the
> default heap size (64MB), but you can easily change the heap size using
> -Xmx 128 on the command line, or whatever size you like.
>
> Rogan
>