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Originally Posted by JosAH
Using Java it's quite difficult to leak memory; here's an obvious example:
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class Foo {
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private static List<Foo> leak= new ArrayList<Foo>();
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public Foo() {
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leak.add(this);
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}
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}
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Now keep on allocating Foo objects and keep forgetting about them. The garbage
collector is very willing to reap them but it can't: the 'leak' list still refers to them all.
kind regards,
Jos
Ha, your examples leave a lot to be desired.
So the Foo objects will only become eligible for collection when the Foo class is unloaded from the JVM?
