[vtkusers] A Question about VTK for Java: Where is the Delete method? How to free RAM?

[Amy Squillacote]

Hi Oscar,

The Delete() method is wrapped in java. It's defined in vtkObjectBase, 
so you should be able to call Delete() on any VTK object you create in java.

- Amy

Oscar Javier Chavarro Garcia wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I'm just a newbie, sorry if this question is too obvious or in the 
> wrong list.
>
> I'm using the marching cubes filter in Java, and the program works 
> fine when testing small volumes. Big volumes exceeds my RAM capacity 
> (4GB), so I made a cycle to break my volume in parts and call several 
> times the marching cubes algorithm to obtain partial polygon meshes 
> which I glue together later on. For the first few chunks in this 
> process goes fine, until the program dies because of insufficient memory.
>
> I have noticed that objects are not getting garbage-collected, no 
> matter how I tried to decrease their reference count. I've called 
> vtkGarbageCollector.Collect, vtkObjectBase.UnRegister, 
> vtkObject.FastDelete in several forms with no luck. Java wrapped VTK 
> seems to have the vtkObjectBase.Delete method missing.  How do I free 
> RAM from unused objects?
>
> -Oscar Chavarro-
>
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