The WeakHashMap leads to a non-weak reference to the class, since only the key 
is weak. Same is true for public versions of WeakHashSet. The collection used 
here is truly weak. 

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On 2012-03-28, at 9:42 PM, Vitaly Davidovich <vita...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
> 
> I think you can use diamond generic inference when declaring the weak intern 
> set.
> 
> Also any reason you didn't use WeakHashMap directly with dummy value to 
> simulate the set? Or wrap the WeakHashMap and synchronize the accessors to it?
> 
> Sent from my phone
> 
> On Mar 28, 2012 7:52 PM, "John Rose" <john.r.r...@oracle.com> wrote:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jrose/7127687/webrev.00/
> 
> 7127687: MethodType leaks memory due to interning
> Summary: Replace internTable with a weak-reference version.
> 
> This is a point fix for JDK 8, and will (pending approval) also be 
> back-ported to JDK 7u.
> 
> — John
> 
> Notes on process:  This code is part of JSR 292.  Therefore the review 
> comments will be collected in mlvm-dev, and changes will be integrated via 
> hsx/hotspot-comp.
> 
> At least one reviewer must be an official Reviewer the JDK 8 Project [1], but 
> other reviewers are most welcome.
> 
> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/census#jdk8
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