Discussion :: Garbage Collections
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Which statement is true?
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A.
Programs will not run out of memory.
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B.
Objects that will never again be used are eligible for garbage collection.
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C.
Objects that are referred to by other objects will never be garbage collected.
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D.
Objects that can be reached from a live thread will never be garbage collected.
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Answer : Option D
Explanation :
Option D is correct.
Option C is wrong. See the note above on Islands of Isolation (An object is eligible for garbage collection when no live thread can access it - even though there might be references to it).
Option B is wrong. "Never again be used" does not mean that there are no more references to the object.
Option A is wrong. Even though Java applications can run out of memory there another answer supplied that is more right.
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