Java garbage collection

Java garbage collection

What is Garbage Collection and how to call it explicitly?
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October 23, 2010 at 5:55 PM

Hi,

Here is the answer.

Garbage collection is one of the most important features of Java. The purpose of garbage collection is to identify and discard objects that are no longer needed by a program so that their resources can be reclaimed and reused. Garbage collection is also called automatic memory management. In Java, it is good idea to explicitly assign null into a variable when no more in use. In Java on calling System.gc() and Runtime.gc(), JVM tries to recycle the unused objects, but there is no guarantee when all the objects will garbage collected. Garbage collection is an automatic process and canā??t be forced.

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