How can I see which garbage collector java is using

Question

The Java Virtual Machine supports several garbage collection strategies.

This article explains them.

Now I am wondering which (automatically selected) strat

Answer 1

You can write simple progam which connects via jmx to your java process:

public class PrintJMX {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    String rmiHostname = "localhost";
    String defaultUrl = "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://" + rmiHostname + ":1099/jmxrmi";
    JMXServiceURL jmxServiceURL = new JMXServiceURL(defaultUrl);

    JMXConnector jmxConnector = JMXConnectorFactory.connect(jmxServiceURL);
    MBeanServerConnection mbsc = jmxConnector.getMBeanServerConnection();


    ObjectName gcName = new ObjectName(ManagementFactory.GARBAGE_COLLECTOR_MXBEAN_DOMAIN_TYPE + ",*");

    for (ObjectName name : mbsc.queryNames(gcName, null)) {
      GarbageCollectorMXBean gc = ManagementFactory.newPlatformMXBeanProxy(mbsc,
        name.getCanonicalName(),
        GarbageCollectorMXBean.class);

      System.out.println(gc.getName());
    }

  }
}