title: Can't see my own application methods in Java VisualVM
body: <p>I'm trying to profile my java app, just to find out the methods in which most time is being spent. Given the poor reactions here to TPTP, I thought I'd give Java VisualVM a go.</p>
  
  <p>It all seemed rather simple to use - except that I can't seem to get anything consistent or useful out of it.</p>
  
  <p>I can't seem to see anything relating to MY OWN code - all I get is a whole bunch of calls to things like java.* methods.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried restricting instrumentation to only my own packages, which seems to cut down the number of methods instrumented, but still I don't ever seem to see my own.</p>
  
  <p>Each time I run, I get varying numbers of methods instrumented, ranging from 10's to 1000's.
  I've tried putting in a sleep at the start of my app, to make sure I get VisualVM up and running before my app starts to do anything interesting, to make sure it's profiling when the interesting stuff is running.</p>
  
  <p>Is there something I have to do to ensure my classes get instrumented ?
  Are there timing issues ? ..like, have to wait for classes to be loaded etc ?
  I've also tried running the guts of the code twice, to make sure all the code does get exercised...</p>
  
  <p>I'm just running an app, with a main, from Eclipse. I've tried using the Eclipse integration so that VisualVM starts up when I start the app - results are the same.
  I've also tried exporting the app as a runnable app, and running it standalone from the command line, rather than through Eclipse - same result.</p>
  
  <p>My app is not a long running web app etc - just a main that calls some other of my own classes to do some processing, then quits.</p>
  
  <p>I'd be grateful for any advice about what I might be doing wrong ! :)</p>
  
  <p>Thanks !</p>