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This enhancement to the HeapWalker would add a diff capability that reports on a very specific set of data: Collection and Map objects that are growing in size. In large web/enterprise Java applications the source of memory leaks is frequently a reference to an object that was unintentionally left in a Collection or Map. So having a tool that could compare two heap snapshots and then report on which specific Collection or Map objects have increased in size would be very helpful.