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The document discusses Java garbage collection. It explains that garbage collection reclaims heap space by destroying unused objects. The garbage collector runs in the background to remove objects no longer referenced. All Java objects reside in the heap, which grows and shrinks as needed. When full, the garbage collector clears unused objects to make space for new ones. It uses a mark-and-sweep algorithm to mark live objects as reachable and collect unreachable garbage. Objects become eligible for collection when their references are reassigned or nulled out, or when created inside a method. The garbage collector can be manually invoked using System.gc() or Runtime.getRuntime().gc().

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7 Jul 2022

The document discusses Java garbage collection. It explains that garbage collection reclaims heap space by destroying unused objects. The garbage collector runs in the background to remove objects no longer referenced. All Java objects reside in the heap, which grows and shrinks as needed. When full, the garbage collector clears unused objects to make space for new ones. It uses a mark-and-sweep algorithm to mark live objects as reachable and collect unreachable garbage. Objects become eligible for collection when their references are reassigned or nulled out, or when created inside a method. The garbage collector can be manually invoked using System.gc() or Runtime.getRuntime().gc().

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Garbage Collection

Understanding Java Garbage Collection ⚫


Garbage collection is a mechanism of re-Acquiring the heap space by
destroying the objects which are eligible for "Garbage Collection".
⚫ Garbage collector always running in the background of a java
application for removing useless objects, So that the chance of failing
java program is very rare because of memory problems. ⚫ All Java
objects reside in an area called the heap.
⚫ The heap is created when the JVM starts up and may increase or
decrease in size while the application runs.
⚫ When the heap becomes full, garbage (Unused Objects) is collected
by Garbage Collector.
⚫ During the garbage collection objects that are no longer used
are cleared, thus making space for new objects.

⚫ The algorithm used by Garbage collector is "Mark & Sweep".


⚫ Garbage Collection is not a process of collecting and discards
dead objects, It is more like marking the "live" objects (all
objects that are reachable from Java threads, native methods and
other root sources) and everything else designated as garbage.

⚫ In java objects are deleted by Garbage Collector implicitly.


When an Object is available for Garbage Collection ?
⚫ Below mentioned are the 3 possible ways where a java
object eligible for garbage collection

By Re-assigning the reference variable

By Nullifying the reference variable

All Objects created inside method


By Re-assigning the reference variable:-
⚫ If we are reassigning an object reference to another object then automatically the first
object is available for Garbage collection.

By Nullifying the reference variable:-


⚫ If we assign null value to the object reference, then that particular object is eligible for
Garbage collection.

All Objects created inside method:


⚫ All objects created inside any method are by default eligible for Garbage Collection,
provided after completion of the method implementation.

How to call Garbage Collector


manually?
⚫ We can call the Garbage collector manually in '2'

ways 1. By using System Class (System.gc()---> Its a static method)


2. By Using Runtime Class

Runtime r=Runtime.getRuntime();

r.gc();

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