Re: Circular references and garbage collecting

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From: Steve Schafer (TeamB)
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 00:00

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On 5 Aug 1999 13:51:24 GMT, "Mika Ylikangas"
<mika.ylikangas@fidaco.fi> wrote:

>So, can Java's garbage collector handle this kind of situation?

Yes. The default garbage collector uses a mark-and-sweep algorithm. It
will garbage-collect any self-referential group of objects as long as
there are no external references to any of them.

-Steve

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