Destroying objects in java

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If i set an object with null value dose java destroy the original reference. for example: Foo f = new Foo(); then Foo b = f if now i set b to null dose f become also null.

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user3910056

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If there are no more references to the old object then it will be garbage-collected with time.

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Sergey Pauk

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No. All setting b to null does is remove the reference to the object from b. f will still have one. If you also set f to null, then the object will have no outstanding references, and will eventually be garbage collected.

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T.J. Crowder

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Destroying objects in java