Collecting object references

Object references displayed in the Object References view are useful in studying data structures, finding memory leaks, and finding unexpected references.

To collect information to display in the Object References view,...

  1. Launch a process with profiling enabled.
  2. On the profiling agent, right click to bring up the popup menu.

    Popup menu showing object reference collection

  3. Select Collect Object References.
  4. To view the collected object references, right click on the profiling agent and select Open with > Object References . The Object References view opens.

 

Related concepts
Overview of the Profiling Tool
Profiling resources
Object References view

Related tasks
Profiling an application
Identifying memory leaks 
Finding a memory leak in a transaction-oriented operation