Re: garbage collection

From:
Hendrik Maryns <hendrik_maryns@despammed.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:37:18 +0200
Message-ID:
<eba42c$c00$1@newsserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de>
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aidy schreef:

Hi,

I am studying for my SCJP and I have a question that I am unsure off.

"When will the string object created intially as arg1 be garbage
collected?

package com.tnt.august.eighth;

public class Myclass (
    public static void main(String [] args) {
        String msg;
        String pre = "Trick ";
        String mid = "or " ;
        String post = "Treat. ';

        String arg1 = new String (pre +
                                   mid +
                                post);

        msg = argl;
        arg1 = null;
        msg = pre + mid + msg;
        pre = null;
        mid = null;

        System.out.println (msg);

        msg = null;
        post = null;
        args = null;

    }
}


The answer is: you cannot know, because garbage collection is
unpredictable. Only when the memory is full will it do its job.

Anyway, this code will not compile, it contains undeclared references
and syntax errors, so it is impossible to say.

H.
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