Grabage Collection help

[Sandy Lee]

When will the variable Str be eligible for garbage collection.
public class MyClass{
public static void main(String[] args({
String s = "AString";
s = null; // Line 1
}// Line 2
At line 1 or line 2.
I thought it should be line 1.
But as per the Sun exam, it is at line 2 after the method call ends.

Any explainations.
Thanks.

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[sajida kal]

Hi,
I think the object is eligible for garbage collection AFTER
line 1 is executed. That is why the answer would be line 2.
Do you agree ?

[Hima Mangal]

hi all..
well i also think the correct answer is 1) .. the only reason 2) might be given as correct would have something to do with the compiler maintaining constant strings in the string pool in which case they are GCed after the method returns..
i remember reading in one of the posts that such a GC consideration is implementation dependent.. therefore i am not completely sure about this ques..

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Hima

[preeti dengri]

Continuing this thread on GC ,can somebody help me selecting correct ans on GC
Which of the following statements related to Garbage Collection are correct.
Select all correct answers.
A.It is possible for a program to free memory at a given time.
B.Garbage Collection feature of Java ensures that the program never runs out of memory.
C.It is possible for a program to make an object available for Garbage Collection.
D.The finalize method of an object is invoked before garbage collection is performed on the object.
in my opinion,it should be a,c,d
need help!!
thank you

[sajida kal]

I think c and d is correct. As for a, it seems incorrect to me.
It is not possible for the program to free memory by itself.
At most it can make objects available for garbage collection by assigning them to null or it can invoke System.gc(). But there
is no guarantee that garbage collection thread will run.
If the option was framed such that it said -the program
can make objects available for garbage collection, then we could select this option.
Any other opinions on this ?

[Ajith Kallambella]

The correct answers are
C.It is possible for a program to make an object available for Garbage Collection.
D.The finalize method of an object is invoked before garbage collection is performed on the object.

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Ajith Kallambella M.
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java�2 Platform.
IBM Certified Developer - XML and Related Technologies, V1.

[Shiraz Bhagwagar]

I think the correct answers are b(which is the primary use of GC) and d(This is because finally is executed no matter what happens unless, there is a deliberate shut off by someone).

Originally posted by preeti dengri:
Continuing this thread on GC ,can somebody help me selecting correct ans on GC
Which of the following statements related to Garbage Collection are correct.
Select all correct answers.
A.It is possible for a program to free memory at a given time.
B.Garbage Collection feature of Java ensures that the program never runs out of memory.
C.It is possible for a program to make an object available for Garbage Collection.
D.The finalize method of an object is invoked before garbage collection is performed on the object.
in my opinion,it should be a,c,d
need help!!
thank you