Is there one JVM per Java application?

Question

Is the same JVM used by all Java applications running or, does \'one JVM per Java application\' apply? (say the applications are IntelliJ IDEA, a server and NetBeans for exa

Answer 1

Little late here however this info may be useful for somebody. In a Linux system, if you want to know how many JVMs are running you can try this command

$ ps -ef | grep "[j]ava" | wc -l

ps to list process, grep to search process containing "java" and wc to count lines returned