VisualVM Profiler
Compatible with
IntelliJ IDEA
08.12.2008
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Launches VisualVM's Java profiler from within IDEA. VisualVM is based on NetBeans Profiler and is bundled
with JDK 6 Update 7 and above. VisualVM may also be downloaded for free from https://visualvm.dev.java.net/
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Recent change notes
1.0.0 (2008-12-08)
- Support for VisualVM 1.1
- Autodetect Java version when choosing the profiler interface to use
(although officially VisualVM supports only Java 6 and 7)
0.4.2 (2008-11-26)
- Fixed possible NPE if the MainClass returned by IDEA was null
0.4.1 (2008-11-24)
- Fixed inconsistent naming of profiler actions (IDEA 8 only)
- Fixed the profiler actions appearing in every file's context menu (IDEA 8 only)
0.4.0 (2008-11-24)
- Compatible with IDEA 8
- Uniquely identify the application launched by IDEA
0.3.0 (2008-11-12)
- Memory profiling
- Settings are copied to VisualVM's user interface
- Saved space in the run configuration dialog by moving help texts to tooltips
0.2.0 (2008-11-09)
- Works with the bundled VisualVM which comes with JDK 6 Update 7 and above
- Detects bundled VisualVMs automatically, in which case no configuration is necessary
- Should work also with Linux and Mac (not tested, also not sure about 64 bit JVMs)
- Defaults to jdk15 profiler interface for better compatibility (hardcoded)
- Warns about invalid configuration
0.1.0 (2008-11-06)
- Initial release
- CPU profiling (Windows Java 6 only)
Known issues
- VisualVM may freeze if the application finishes execution before its window opens up in VisualVM.
A workaround is to add Thread.sleep(1000) or a longer delay to the beginning of the main() method
of the profiled application.
Future plans
- A button for opening the currently running (non-profiled) program in VisualVM, so that the user will
not need to manually select the program from VisualVM's list of all running Java programs
- Integration with NetBeans IDE's profiler if it has benefits over VisualVM (they both use internally
the same NetBeans Profiler)
General usage instructions
If you have JDK 6 Update 7 or higher configured in IDEA:1. Click the "Profile CPU" button (next to the "Run" and "Debug" buttons) to begin profiling.
Otherwise you need to install VisualVM separately:
1. Download VisualVM 1.0.1 from https://visualvm.dev.java.net/download.html
2. Install it to "C:/Program Files/visualvm"
3. Configure the plugin (Settings | VisualVM) by pointing it to "C:/Program Files/visualvm"
4. Click the "Profile CPU" button (next to the "Run" and "Debug" buttons) to begin profiling.