How can I see which garbage collector java is using

Question

The Java Virtual Machine supports several garbage collection strategies.

This article explains them.

Now I am wondering which (automatically selected) strat

Answer 1

Best way to get this is : Go to command Line and enter the following command.

java -XX:+PrintCommandLineFlags -version

It will show you result like :

C:\windows\system32>java -XX:+PrintCommandLineFlags -version
-XX:InitialHeapSize=132968640 -XX:MaxHeapSize=2127498240 -XX:+PrintCommandLineFl
ags -XX:+UseCompressedClassPointers -XX:+UseCompressedOops -XX:-UseLargePagesInd
**ividualAllocation -XX:+UseParallelGC**
java version "1.8.0_66"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_66-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.66-b17, mixed mode)`enter code here`