Garbage collector'll never run according to our whims and fancies :P It'll run only when it wants (mostly when it senses that memory is going down). We can issue a request using system.gc but we cannot MAKE it run...
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:56 PM, vaibhav shukla <vaibhav200...@gmail.com>wrote: > @mr coder : y do we need to call garbage collector explicitly when it works > automatically ? > > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:07 PM, coder dumca <coder.du...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> generally jvm runs on following occasions >> >> 1: periodicaliy >> 2: when program is about to run out of memory the JVM runs and finallize >> the objects. >> 3: when we call using System.gc or Runtime.getruntime.gc >> >> pls correct me if i m wrong >> >> On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 11:10 AM, vaibhav shukla <vaibhav200...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> please give a glimps of how garbage collection is done in java. >>> how *System.gc()* works ? >>> >>> -- >>> best wishes!! >>> Vaibhav >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > best wishes!! > Vaibhav > MCA > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- Regards, Deepthi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
