In RAD, is there a way to forcibly run garbage collector on the jvm that is running the RAD itself? If not, can I run a java program that will connect to the RAD jvm and trigger its garbage collector?
Kaushik,
Eclipse has for a while now allowed to view the Heap Status of the JVM that it is running on. It is available on all products built on top of it.
Go to Prefernces -> General and check Show Heap Status.
To the lower right of the screen you should find the heap info and then a trash can.
You can click on the trash can to request eclipse/RAD to run a GC. I believe this is what you are looking for!
HTH
Manglu