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    Garbage collection is the process of automatically freeing up unused memory in Java. The Java garbage collector handles reclaiming memory from objects that are no longer referenced. This allows Java programs to manage memory more efficiently than manually freeing memory with methods like free() and delete(). Some key advantages of garbage collection are that it makes Java memory more efficient and it occurs automatically without extra effort from the programmer.

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    Garbage collection is the process of automatically freeing up unused memory in Java. The Java garbage collector handles reclaiming memory from objects that are no longer referenced. This allows Java programs to manage memory more efficiently than manually freeing memory with methods like free() and delete(). Some key advantages of garbage collection are that it makes Java memory more efficient and it occurs automatically without extra effort from the programmer.

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    Garbage collection is the process of automatically freeing up unused memory in Java. The Java garbage collector handles reclaiming memory from objects that are no longer referenced. This allows Java programs to manage memory more efficiently than manually freeing memory with methods like free() and delete(). Some key advantages of garbage collection are that it makes Java memory more efficient and it occurs automatically without extra effort from the programmer.

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    Java Garbage Collection

    In java, garbage means unreferenced


    objects.
    Garbage Collection is process of
    reclaiming the runtime unused memory
    automatically. In other words, it is a way
    to destroy the unused objects.
    To do so, we were using free() function in
    C language and delete() in C++. But, in
    java it is performed automatically. So, java
    provides better memory management.
    Advantage of Garbage Collection
    oIt makes java memory
    efficient because garbage collector
    removes the unreferenced objects from
    heap memory.
    oIt is automatically done by the
    garbage collector(a part of JVM) so we
    don't need to make extra efforts.
    How can an object be unreferenced?
    There are many ways:
    oBy nulling the reference
    oBy assigning a reference to another
    oBy annonymous object etc.

    1) By nulling a reference:
    1. Employee e=new Employee();  
    2. e=null;  
    2) By assigning a reference to another:
    1. Employee e1=new Employee();  
    2. Employee e2=new Employee();  
    3. e1=e2;//now the first object referred by 
    e1 is available 
    for garbage collection  
    3) By annonymous object:
    1. new Employee();  
    finalize() method
    The finalize() method is invoked each time
    before the object is garbage collected. This
    method can be used to perform cleanup
    processing. This method is defined in
    Object class as:
    1. protected void finalize(){}  

    Note: The Garbage collector of JVM


    collects only those objects that are
    created by new keyword. So if you have
    created any object without new, you can
    use finalize method to perform cleanup
    processing (destroying remaining
    objects).

    gc() method
    The gc() method is used to invoke the
    garbage collector to perform cleanup
    processing. The gc() is found in System
    and Runtime classes.
    1. public static void gc(){}  

    Note: Garbage collection is performed


    by a daemon thread called Garbage
    Collector(GC). This thread calls the
    finalize() method before object is
    garbage collected.

    Simple Example of garbage collection in


    java
    1. public class TestGarbage1{  
    2.  public void finalize()
    {System.out.println("object is garbage coll
    ected");}  
    3.  public static void main(String args[]){ 
     
    4.   TestGarbage1 s1=new TestGarbage1(
    );  
    5.   TestGarbage1 s2=new TestGarbage1(
    );  
    6.   s1=null;  
    7.   s2=null;  
    8.   System.gc();  
    9.  }  
    10. }  
    Test it Now
    object is garbage collected
    object is garbage collected

    Note: Neither finalization nor garbage


    collection is guaranteed.

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