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Hi All,
I have doubt on this question

In the following code, which is the earliest statement, where the object originally held in e, may be garbage collected:

1: public class Test {
2: public static void main (String args []) {
3: Employee e = new Employee("Bob", 48);
4: e.calculatePay();
5: System.out.println(e.printDetails());
6: e = null;
7: e = new Employee("Denise", 36);
8: e.calculatePay();
9: System.out.println(e.printDetails());
10: }
11: }

answer : Line 7

Why its line 7 not line 6?

Thanks,

Ricky
 
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