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

Few pointers here as well, http://minmaxmim.blogspot.com/2010/01/javalangoutofmemoryerror-java-heap.html

also check the javalangoutofmemoryerror-permgen-space article.