how exactly garbage collection take place?

Answers were Sorted based on User's Feedback



how exactly garbage collection take place? ..

Answer / niraj talukdar

Garbage Collection is an automated process in Java unlike C
and C++. It executes to wipe out those objects which no
longer are used in a program or stay idle for a very long
time. This to free memory space alloted to these
objects.However, it is not guaranteed that all the idle
objects wil be destroyed every time garbage collection
process gets executed.A user can also manually call the
garbage collection to take place by executing System.gc()
method.

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 0 No

how exactly garbage collection take place? ..

Answer / vijayakumar chinnasamy

Variable/object
1. is eligible for garbage collection when no object refers
to it.
2. Is eligible when its reference is set to null i.e
objName=null.
3. referred by method variables or local variables are
eligible for garbage collection when they go out of scope.

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 0 No

how exactly garbage collection take place? ..

Answer / vinay

Another way to call garbage collector :-
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
rt.gc();

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 0 No

how exactly garbage collection take place? ..

Answer / devil

As in Java its happen automatically, but if you want to do
this force fully you can do this by the use of
keyword "finalize".

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 5 No

Post New Answer

More Core Java Interview Questions

how can i use a nonsynchronized hashtable?

1 Answers   CoreObjects,


In the below Java Program, how many objects are eligible for garbage collection?

1 Answers  


Why string is immutable or final in java

1 Answers  


What is the purpose of static keyword in java?

1 Answers  


Is there any difference between synchronized methods and synchronized statements?

1 Answers  


What are strings in physics?

1 Answers  


What are internal variables?

1 Answers  


Is java a super set of javascript?

1 Answers  


What is substring of a string?

1 Answers  


What are the Main functions of Java?

1 Answers   Akamai Technologies,


Why is flag used in java?

1 Answers  


What is difference between public static and void?

1 Answers  


Categories