.Net Memory Validator - Object Ages

The Object Ages View displays the number of objects of a given age per object type for objects that haves survived a garbage collection. This is not the same as the generations display which displays the number of objects of each type that have survived a garbage collection.

The memory allocation profile of most applications is that a few objects are long lived (typically allocated during application startup) and the remainder of objects are short-lived. Using this information you can spot potential memory leaks by identifying objects that live longer than expected.

The display is colour coded so that increases in objects and decreases in objects are easily seen. The display allows you to quickly identify object types that are not being deallocated as generations progress. A generation is considered to be the objects allocated between one garbage collection event and the next garbage collection event.

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