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Interacting with the Merged Allocation Points View

You can expand and collapse trace entries, as well as review the instances allocated by the method by opening the Instance Detail view. Where you have access to the source code, you can also drill down to the code for either the allocating method or the selected class. If the Source column is blank and/or the Allocated At Source option is disabled, you do not have access to the source code for this method. If the Class Source option is disabled, you do not have access to the source code for the class.

The following table summarizes the tasks that you can perform:

Task

Action

Response

Expand the tree

Right-click a node and choose Expand to Next Branch Point.

The node expands to the next node.

Examine the instances allocated by a method

Click Instance Detail View.

The Instance Detail view opens with all the instances allocated by this method in the Instance List.

View the source code for an allocating method

Right-click the method and select Show Allocated At Source.

The Source view opens with the source code for the allocating method.

You may be prompted to locate the source code file.

Drill down into a category node

Choose the node and click Replace Category with More Detail.

The node expands to one or more nodes.

Remove a node from the tree

Choose the node and click .

The path, starting at the selected node, is removed from the tree.

Focus on a single path

Choose the node and click .

Only the paths through the selected node are displayed.

Show/hide table columns

Right-click and select Show/Hide Columns. Select the columns to show and click OK.

The selected columns are displayed. The rest are hidden.

Resize column widths

To set the width, drag the edge of the column heading left or right.

To see all data in a column, right-click in the column and select Size <column name> to Fit.

To fit all columns in the viewing area, right-click and select Size All to Fit.

The columns are resized.

Rearrange columns

Drag a column by its heading and drop it in a new location.

The column appears in its new location.

Sort the table by a metric

Click the column heading for the metric.

The table is sorted. To reverse the sort order, click the heading again.

Export the table to CSV

Right-click in the table and select Export to CSV. Type a file name and click Save.

The file contains the table data separated by a CSV delimiter. It may also contain headers. See also “Changing How JProbe Exports to a CSV File”.