Kirk Pepperdine

Independent Java performance consultant. “Measure, don’t guess.” Performance tuning, benchmarking, large-heap analysis, JVM crash diagnosis, training. Java Champion, creator of jPDM.

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Nulling Out References Won’t Help Your Garbage Collector

Table of Contents The collector doesn't delete anythingMost objects die youngref = null is dead codeWhen ref = null can helpConclusionOne of the misconceptions that I continuously run into is that nulling out references in Java helps garbage collection. This ...