Is permanent generation part of the heap or does it lies in a different space of itself in jvm

Question

I have seen multiple comments regarding this question - some say yes and some say no, and many of the answers are ambiguous. Can anyone please describe in simpler terms wher

Answer 1

I came the same question when reading Java Garbage Collection Basics,in this turtorial,the author views permanent-generation is part of heap.

But we have both:

• -Xmx
• -XX:MaxPermSize

and after google the question,I find this questions Java heap terminology: young, old and permanent generations?,answers from which conclude:

permanent-generation is not part of heap