Hi Java gurus,

I have an applet that runs for a long time and its memory grows enourmously. After some tests I found that the problem is with System.out.println(). You can reproduce it yourself simply as follows:

			

			public class MemTest extends java.applet.Applet {
			

			String longString = "A long string of 250 characters ...";
			

			public void init() {
			

			for (int i=0; i
			<4000; i++)
			

			System.out.println(longString);
			

			}
			

			}
			

		

My applet writes a lot of traces to the Java Console for troubleshooting. Is this a known problem? Is there a solution?

The problem occurs on IE and Netscape with Java plugin 1.4, or when running with 1.1 with no plugin. It does not happen in AppletViewer.

Thanks in advance

Sruli Ganor