How can I analyze a heap dump in IntelliJ? (memory leak)

Question

I have generated a heap dump from my java application which has been running for some days with the jmap tool -> this results in a large binary heap dump file.

Answer 1

You can just run "Java VisualVM" which is located at jdk/bin/jvisualvm.exe

This will open a GUI, use the "File" menu -> "Load..." then choose your *.hprof file

That's it, you're done!