Enabling Java Flight
Recorder
By
default, JFR is disabled in the JVM.
How to enable Java
Flight Recorder?
Enable
commercial features using -XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures option and launch your
Java application with the -XX:+FlightRecorder option.
Syntax
java
-XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures -XX:+FlightRecorder {APPLICATION_CLASS_NAME}
Example
java
-XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures -XX:+FlightRecorder -classpath . HelloWorld
Above
statement launch HelloWorld application and enables flight recorder.
How to run Java
Flight Recorder?
You
can run multiple recordings and each recording can have its own settings. You
can get the recording data in couple of ways.
a.
At
the time of launching application
b.
Using
jcmd command
Specifying jfr
details at the time of launching the application.
Below
command collects the jfr information of the application HelloWorld.java for 60
seconds and store the information in ‘myrecordings.jfr file.
java
-XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures -XX:+FlightRecorder
-XX:StartFlightRecording=duration=60s,filename=myrecording.jfr -classpath .
HelloWorld
jfr
file is created like below.
Double
click myrecording.jfr file.
It launches below UI, where you can analyze
the jfr recording information.
In
my next post, I am going to explain how to collect the JFR information using
jcmd command.
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