[vtkusers] VTK and Garbage Collection

[Jeff Lee]

R K Shyamprakash wrote:

>Hi,
>        My VTK  application becomes slower after few operations and
>sometimes it locks the processor. How can I garbage collect VTK objects so
>that serious memory concerns does not arise.
>
how do you know that the slowdown is related to memory consumption?  vtk 
objects, as all java objects are garbage collected when they are no 
longer referenced by any other object.  do you notice an increase in 
performance after garbage collection runs?

>	I am using VTK 4.2 with Java. Also the Java component have repaint problem
>when an intensive vtk operation is going on. Is there any work around for
>this.
>
common problem due to the fact that you are likely tying up the event 
thread with your calculation.  there are a variety of solutions to this, 
one being to thread the calculation.  look for the SwingWorker class on 
java website for more details.
Jeff

>
>Thanks
>Shyam
>
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