# Help

## Information shown by ahat:

- The total bytes retained by heap.
- A list of root objects and their retained sizes for each heap.
- Information about each allocated object:
  - The allocation site (stack trace) of the object (if available).
  - The dominator path from a root to the object.
  - The class, (shallow) size, retained size, and heap of the object.
  - The bitmap image for the object if the object represents a bitmap.
  - The instance fields or array elements of the object.
  - The super class, class loader, and static fields of class objects.
  - Other objects with references to the object.
  - Other objects immediately dominated by the object.
- A list of objects, optionally filtered by class, allocation site, and/or heap.
- Information about each allocation site:
  - The stack trace for the allocation site.
  - The number of bytes allocated at the allocation site.
  - Child sites called from the allocation site.
  - The size and count of objects allocated at the site, organized by heap and object type.