java - What are *.snap files in eclipse?

Question

I have so many projects in workspace. for every one or two weeks i have to search for *.snap file delete them. otherwise my eclipse will take lot of time to come up? So curious to know what are they? are they specific to java? as i have lots of java projects in my workspace?

Answer 1

*.snap files represent the changes in workspace state of the IDE during the runtime. This is mostly for eclipse crash recovery plan. When a crash happens these files are used to recover the state fo eclipse workspace.