Why is PermGen space growing?

Question

I\'ve read a few articles, and I understood the following (please correct me and/or edit the question if I\'m wrong):

The java heap is segmented like this:

Answer 1

This is one of the more annoying problems to debug. There are a lot of reasons you could be seeing growing permgen use. Here are 2 links I found very useful in both understanding how leaks happen as well as tracking down what is causing them.

http://frankkieviet.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-fix-dreaded-permgen-space.html

http://frankkieviet.blogspot.com/2006/10/classloader-leaks-dreaded-permgen-space.html