7.15 Mechanism of G1 GC

This section explains the mechanism of G1 GC.

Organization of this section

• 7.15.1 Overview of G1 GC

• 7.15.2 Relationship between the lifespan of an object and its age

• 7.15.3 GC mechanism that targets the New area

• 7.15.4 Saving objects

• 7.15.5 Relationship between memory space and region

• 7.15.6 How regions are used

• 7.15.7 GC implemented by G1 GC

• 7.15.8 Young GC

• 7.15.9 Concurrent Marking (CM)

• 7.15.10 Mixed GC

• 7.15.11 Full GC

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