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Garbage Collection

I draw diagram more than 5 times and found only 1 object eligible for collection. Please explain ..

Since you have access to, did you follow the solving technique presented by this video: http://www.examlab.org/v/garbage-collection

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It seems

A d=new A().aob=new A();



has a tricky part


here 2 objects are created


d and new A().aob refers to same object that is declared in last

and new A() in between is eligible for gc.


If this is correct then 2 object are eligible



Am i right?

That's completely correct! That statement creates an object of A (the first new A()), and then take its aob variable, and then make it refer another object of A (the second new A()).

So we have two objects of A, and the aob of the first of these two objects refer the other object. So that makes a couple of objects, which are eligible for the garbage collector.

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