首先,我们需要明确一点的是,两个gc都会强制触发垃圾收集,它们只是向JVM建议,现在也许是收集垃圾的好时机。
比较
System.gc()调用起来更方便,但是会给应用带来不必要的性能问题。还可以通过参数-XX:+DisableExplicitGC.禁止显示调用gc。
Runtime.getRuntime()用来与Java运行时进行交互,调用该方法会建议JVM花费精力回收不再使用的对象。
源代码
System.gc()源代码, 来自System.java
class="java" name="code">
/**
* Runs the garbage collector.
* <p>
* Calling the <code>gc</code> method suggests that the Java Virtual
* Machine expend effort toward recycling unused objects in order to
* make the memory they currently occupy available for quick reuse.
* When control returns from the method call, the Java Virtual
* Machine has made a best effort to reclaim space from all discarded
* objects.
* <p>
* The call <code>System.gc()</code> is effectively equivalent to the
* call:
* <blockquote><pre>
* Runtime.getRuntime().gc()
* </pre></blockquote>
*
* @see java.lang.Runtime#gc()
*/
public static void gc() {
Runtime.getRuntime().gc();
}
Runtime.getRuntime().gc()源代码,来自Runtime.java
/**
* Runs the garbage collector.
* Calling this method suggests that the Java virtual machine expend
* effort toward recycling unused objects in order to make the memory
* they currently occupy available for quick reuse. When control
* returns from the method call, the virtual machine has made
* its best effort to recycle all discarded objects.
* <p>
* The name <code>gc</code> stands for "garbage
* collector". The virtual machine performs this recycling
* process automatically as needed, in a separate thread, even if the
* <code>gc</code> method is not invoked explicitly.
* <p>
* The method {@link System#gc()} is the conventional and convenient
* means of invoking this method.
*/
public native void gc();
示例:
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
/**
* Created by EricYang on 2019/7/13.
*/
@Slf4j
public class GcMainDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<String> stringList = new ArrayList<>();
for(int i=0;i < 100; i++) {
stringList.add(new String("The " + i + "th string"));
}
//unit bytes
long maxMemBefore = Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory();
//System.gc();
Runtime.getRuntime().gc();
long maxMemAfter = Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory();
log.info("System.gc(), maxMemBefore={}, maxMemAfter={}, diff={}kb", maxMemBefore, maxMemAfter, (maxMemAfter - maxMemBefore)/1024);
for(int i=0;i < 100; i++) {
stringList.add(new String("The " + i + "th string"));
}
maxMemBefore = Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory();
Runtime.getRuntime().gc();
maxMemAfter = Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory();
log.info("Runtime.getRuntime().gc(), maxMemBefore={}, maxMemAfter={}, diff={}kb", maxMemBefore, maxMemAfter, (maxMemAfter - maxMemBefore)/1024);
try {
TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(2000);
} catch (Exception ex) {
log.error("sleep exception", ex);
}
}
}
程序运行输出(不同机器运行结果不一样)
16:39:22.616 [main] INFO com.yq.GcMainDemo - System.gc(), maxMemBefore=244672784, maxMemAfter=253615304, diff=8732kb
16:39:22.635 [main] INFO com.yq.GcMainDemo - Runtime.getRuntime().gc(), maxMemBefore=250951864, maxMemAfter=253949240, diff=2927kb
结论
两者一样。除了方法名称不同, System.gc()是静态方法, 而Runtime.getRuntime().gc()是实例方法,没有实质差别。