Java Heap errors and how to avoid?

[Kirkwood West]

Anyone have any recommendations on how to avoid Java heap errors? It seems like with Extensions that have allocated a bit of Bitwig API objects they tend to crash after a certain number of reloads.

Any tips on how to avoid it or work around?

[moss]

Can you be more specific? What do you mean by "allocated"?

I am not aware of such issues.

[Kirkwood West]

Can you be more specific? What do you mean by "allocated"?

I am not aware of such issues.

Sorry, I try my best to explain things and I use the incorrect terms. Lets just say things like markInterested()/obserers, creating large TrackBanks, child devices... Eventually after a certain number of Bitwig Extension reloads I'll get a JavaHeap Error and will have to close bitwig.

I suspect the way I'm doing some things that some memory is a memory leaking... but i don't know. Seems like you never run into them and you have one of the biggest extensions out there.

[moss]

Can you be more specific? What do you mean by "allocated"?

I am not aware of such issues.

Sorry, I try my best to explain things and I use the incorrect terms. Lets just say things like markInterested()/obserers, creating large TrackBanks, child devices... Eventually after a certain number of Bitwig Extension reloads I'll get a JavaHeap Error and will have to close bitwig.

I suspect the way I'm doing some things that some memory is a memory leaking... but i don't know. Seems like you never run into them and you have one of the biggest extensions out there.

Try to create a reproducable crash example and send it to Bitwig support.

[Kirkwood West]

Try to create a reproducable crash example and send it to Bitwig support.

I might be able to isolate that somehow. i just feel a bit strange like i'm coding stuff incorrectly and bitwig doesn't exactly do support coders using the api.

[moss]

Try to create a reproducable crash example and send it to Bitwig support.

I might be able to isolate that somehow. i just feel a bit strange like i'm coding stuff incorrectly and bitwig doesn't exactly do support coders using the api.

Yes, but if it is a crash, they are normally pretty fast fixing it.

[krazzmann]

Have you tried forcing GC on reload? Maybe that’s stupid. If all extensions would do that it would be horrible.