Java GC compared to .Net
A question related to Java GC compared to .Net and cleaning up local references. In .Net if you run in release mode then local variables are GC'd if not in use. Can Java be compiled in a way to function the same way?
e.g C# Code
class Program
{
public Program()
{
B b =new B();
CreateA();
System.GC.Collect();
Thread.Sleep(5000);
}
privatevoid CreateA()
{
new A();
}
staticvoid Main(string[] args)
{
new Program();
}
privateclass A
{
~A()
{
Console.WriteLine("A is being GC'd");
}
};
privateclass B
{
~B()
{
Console.WriteLine("B is being GC'd");
}
};
}
In release mode, when we hit the Thread.Sleep, both A & B are Garbage collected.
In java
publicclass GCTest{
public GCTest(){
B b =new B();
createA();
System.gc();
try{
Thread.sleep(5000);
}
catch(InterruptedException e){
}
}
privatevoid createA(){
new A();
}
publicstaticvoid main(String[] args){
new GCTest();
}
privateclass A{
publicvoid finalize(){
System.out.println("A is being GC'd");
}
}
privateclass B{
publicvoid finalize(){
System.out.println("B is being GC'd");
}
}
}
When we hit the Thread.sleep only A is collected
Just something I've been wondering about,
If you can shed some light on this that'd be great.
Thanks
