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[Pradeepa]

I searched for garbage collection on the net and found out several different explanations for it .... Can anyone please explain to me the exact work of garbage collector in Java. I am comfortable with classes and have read about two classes in Java dedicated for garbage collection.

Thanks in Advance

[farrell2k]

How it works is very technical. The basics of it is basically no more reference to an object = no more object.

How Garbage Collection works in Java

[lethalwire]

Didn't the newest version of java change up the way garbage collection was handled?

[wim DC]

How it really works isn't written down in some spec or so. It can change every jdk / for every jvm. All you know is that it dumps objects where no life thread has a reference to.

[lethalwire]

You can get an idea how the newest version works here:
Garbage-First Collector

[Pradeepa]

Thanx a lot al of u... I clarified out my doubt...