Thanx a lott.. This is exactly what I was looking for!! I have used all local variables. :-)
Regards, Vibha ----- Original Message ----- From: Anton Tagunov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Vibha Jindal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:08 PM Subject: Re: Garbage Collection > Hello Vibha! > > VJ> Hi, > > VJ> I am creating instances of dataclasses in my Servlets and JSPs. > VJ> I am not explicitly setting them to null after use. > VJ> Could this be a problem? > VJ> I mean, would these objects not be eligible for garbage collection or would > VJ> they be eligible? > > It depends. If you put references to classes to variables that have > method-scope (that is local ones in doGet() f.e.) there's no problem. > If you store them to class instance or static variables the objects > are retained. But you have no reason to assign to static/class > variables. > > With JSP what you declare inside <%! %> become class instance > variables, best do not use them at all! > What you declare inside <% %> are local variables. > > Good luck! > VJ> Regards, > VJ> Vibha > > > - Anton > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
