how to profile JUnit test run from Intellij Idea with VisualVM

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How to profile JUnit test run from Intellij Idea with VisualVM? VisualVM doesn't see any process? is it possible to do?

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Marc Hauptmann · Answer 1 · 2018-11-08T10:26:21.750

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There is a plugin for JVisualVM mentioned in this question. With it, you can also run test cases.

edited Nov 08 '18 at 10:26

answered Sep 04 '14 at 12:05

Marc Hauptmann

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 08 '20 at 06:53

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Note that recent IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate has integrated support for Java Flight Recorder and async-profiler which both are more precise than VisualVM:

edited Jan 08 '20 at 06:53

Community

answered Sep 05 '19 at 19:46

Vadzim

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