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Setting References To Null

Posted by Brian Smith on 03 Feb 1999, 7:07 AM

If I know that will no longer be using an object, does the
setting of member variable references to null faciliate
garbage collection in any way? For example if I know that I am
done with Object A and A implements a dispose() method that
"cleans up" or sets all references to null, does this impact
garbage collection in any way? Based upon my reading I would
think it would be difficult, if not impossible, to know if this
really has any impact on GC - since each VM may implement GC
differently.

TIA

Brian

• Setting References to Null Akin Kaldiroglu 05 Apr 1999, 8:06 AM (0)