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what is difference between java.lang.System class gc() method and java.lang.Runtime class gc() method

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August 17, 2011 at 12:49 PM

Both the methods do the same thing i.e, runs the garbage collector. But there are some differences:

1)System.gc() is a class method where as Runtime.gc() is an instance method.

2) System.gc() method is static so more conveninent to use in comparison to gc() method of Runtime class (Runtime.getRuntime().gc()).

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