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From: John McGrath TeamB
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 03:36

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On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 15:01:57 -0600, Calvin R. Smith wrote:

> If I have a singleton class defined like the one below will
> it ever be garbage collected after getInstance has been called
> or will the static reference keep the object in memory forever?

The static reference will keep it alive.  You can set the reference to 
null, which will make it available for garbage collection.  It may or 
may not actually be finalized and garbage collected after that.

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John McGrath [TeamB]

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