In this blog post, I look at the concept of Java synthetic methods . The post summarizes what a Java synthetic method is, how one can be created and identified, and the implications of Java ...

A fifth approach that is not listed, but is easy to use, is Java VisualVM. (By the way, another method is use of the MXBean called HotSpotDiagnosticMXBean and its dumpHeap (String,Boolean) method.) ...