To profile and optimize memory use, the typical workflow is to run your app and do the following:

1. Profile the app using the Memory Monitor to find out whether undesirable garbage collection event patterns might be causing performance problems.
2. If you see many garbage collection events in a short amount of time, dump the Java heap to identify candidate object types that get or stay allocated unexpectedly or unnecessarily.
3. Start allocation tracking to determine where any problems are happening in your code.

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