The Object Detail Window displays information about a specific object in two data views. The data is shown in tabular and graphical formats:
1. Object Reference Graph. A graphical depiction of the selected object and all objects in the reference tree to which it belongs. By default, Purify highlights the path of objects with the largest size from the selected object back to .Root. You can highlight other objects based on various criteria. Click on objects in the graph to select them and display their details and contents. For more information about using the Object Reference Graph, click
2. Object data. Details about the object selected in the reference graph, including its size, object + references (O+R) size, number of garbage collections survived, creation time, number of referees and references to other objects, root type, and if possible, the approximate line number in source code where the allocation event occurred.
Notes:
§ By default, Purify does not collect detailed object data. To collect and view detailed object data, in the PowerCheck tab in the Settings for <exename> dialog box, select Generate Object Reference Graph data, then rerun your program.
§ The Object Detail window is available only if Generate Object Reference Graph data was selected for the run.
§ The Object Detail window does not display for objects whose Root Type is Unreachable.
§ The Object Detail window is not available for diff runs.
§ Purify does not automatically calculate object + references (O+R) size for the data views after a memory profiling run. To have Purify calculate O+R size for all objects, in the Object Reference Graph, right-click a node and select Line Scale Factors > Linear or Logarithmic from the shortcut menu.
§ If a numeric value is too long to be completely displayed in a column, Purify displays ###. For long text strings, Purify displays as much of the string as possible and then an ellipsis (…). You can resize the columns to fully display the data.
§ By default, Purify displays commas in numeric values, as in 1,244,329.68. You can turn off this setting in the Preferences dialog box.
§ Right-click in the Object Detail window to display a shortcut menu for working with object data.
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