Incoming References

Last modified: 25 July 2024

As opposed to the Outgoing References view, the Incoming References view shows the list of objects that have references to a particular instance.

Use this view to answer the question "Who does retain the instance in memory?"

The list of objects that reference an instance consists of the following columns:

Name	Description
Type	Type name.
Address	Virtual memory address of the instance.
References count	The number of objects referenced from a certain instance.
Bytes	The size of a certain instance in bytes.
Retained bytes	The overall size in bytes of all objects exclusively retained by a certain instance.

Example

In the Incoming References view, you can select the following subjects for further analysis:

Do one of the following:
- Double-click the instance in the list.
- Right-click the instance and choose Open this instance.
After this, the Incoming reference subject will be added to the analysis path on the left and you can use specific instance views to analyze the instance in more details.

Click the Open objects retained by this set button.
After this, the Exclusively retained objects subject will be added to the analysis path on the left and the list of desired objects will be displayed in the Group by Types view.