how to profile JUnit test run from Intellij Idea with VisualVM

Question

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

Ironworker

Does this answer your question? how do you profile java source with intellij idea editor? – Knorring

Answer 1

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

Floozy

Answer 2

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

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/cpu-profiler.html

Touristy