Is it possible see all the references to an object in execution time?

Question

Is there a way to see all the references to an object in execution time?

I\'m using Netbeans, does this feature exist in it?

EDIT: No problem in using profil

Answer 1

If you dump the heap and analyse it you get find all the references. Profilers like VisualVM and YourKit can do this for you.

However its not possible to determine this dynamically. If you want to know all the things which refer to an object you must maintain a collection these yourself.