7.2 Mechanism of serial GC

This section explains the mechanism by which serial GC works.

Organization of this section

• 7.2.1 Overview of serial GC

• 7.2.2 Relation between the lifespan of an object and its age

• 7.2.3 Mechanism of copy GC

• 7.2.4 Saving objects

• 7.2.5 Areas not subject to GC (using an Explicit heap area with the Explicit Memory Management functionality)

• 7.2.6 Configuration of memory space used by JavaVM when using serial GC and JavaVM options

• 7.2.7 Relationship between GC occurrence and memory space

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