Garbage Collection and Memory Leaks - simple example

Jul 20, 2009

 

Alex Harui wrote a great post regarding the techniques of detecting memory leaks using the Flex Builder memory profiler.

I found the demo he used a bit too complicated (too many objects, too many memory leaks), so I created a simpler version for demonstrating the techniques.

The idea – using the same code, once on a Person class, and once on a LeakyPerson class (which causes a memory leak).

CreateDestry/CreateDestroyLeaky – demonstrates the create/destroy scenario

Replace/ReplaceLeaky – demonstrates the replace current scenario.

Attached is a screenshot of the various outputs of the projects, and the source files as well.

 I hope you'll find it useful,

-Ilan