Java Class (PermGen) Memory Leak (Web Applications) - Generic Solution?

Question

I have a perm gen memory leak, that I know. Profiling using jvisualvm shows that when doing hot deployment (e.g. stop and start an application without killing the JVM, in to

Answer 1

I used the method from this site and it helped. http://www.mkyong.com/tomcat/tomcat-javalangoutofmemoryerror-permgen-space/