doubt regarding a question abt garbage collections K&B 3rd chapter

[sree javab]

Hi,
I have the following class; and my doubt is at line 3 how many obj are eligible for garbage collection. The answer is 2( q1 and story) .But at line 1 when q3 =null, means it is also eligible for garbage collection right? Can anyone please help me understand this in a more detailed way.

public class Ques04 {
Short story = 200;
Ques04 Ques04(Ques04 q) {
q = null;
return q;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Ques04 q1 = new Ques04();
Ques04 q2 = new Ques04();
Ques04 q3 = q1.Ques04(q2);//line 1
System.out.println(q3);//line 2
q1 = null;//line 3
}
}

[Ruben Soto]

Sree,

Please quote your sources. We won't be able to help you until you do so.

Thanks.

[W. Joe Smith]

sree javab wrote:Hi,
I have the following class; and my doubt is at line 3 how many obj are eligible for garbage collection. The answer is 2( q1 and story) .But at line 1 when q3 =null, means it is also eligible for garbage collection right? Can anyone please help me understand this in a more detailed way.

public class Ques04 {
Short story = 200;
Ques04 Ques04(Ques04 q) {
q = null;
return q;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Ques04 q1 = new Ques04();
Ques04 q2 = new Ques04();
Ques04 q3 = q1.Ques04(q2);//line 1
System.out.println(q3);//line 2
q1 = null;//line 3
}
}

q3 is an object reference, not an object, so if it is set to null it doesn't mean there is another object available for the dreaded GC.

[sree javab]

Thanks Joe, that clarifies my doubt.

Ruben,
I mentioned that my question was from Kathy and BertBates 3rd chapter in the subject line itself. Please look at the subject of the post.

Thanks.

[Ruben Soto]

Yes, you sure did Sree. I don't know how I missed that...

[Abhay Agarwal]

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