j2me GC question

[mikecotic]

will the GC collect my form after it switched to some else display on the main midlet , if use the following code :

(new myForm()).show(Form2);

the show method takes for an argument a form to set as the next displayable after the user performs some actions on the myForm instance.

Form2 is declared on the main midlet.

[raj_J2ME]

Hi,
I am sure that I am not clear about exactly what you are looking for.
Please provide more information...
Thanks,

[mikecotic]

i am talking about the java garbage collector .
once i use my following code, a form is displayed to the user [lets call that instance of MyForm , frm].
then the user clicks back or something on that form[the frm form] and the displayable is changed . my question is will the garbage collector recycle that form [the frm form] i opened with the line of code.
i am asking because who knows java maybe there is a pointer to that form left somewhere and it wont let it die.

[Tiger79]

well to be sure it gets destroyed u can set it to null,
as in Form1 = null;
the GC will clear that up for you whenever the os thinks its time for it to run...

[Pradeepcg]

GC runs as a JVM initiated Thread and is in no way accessible to the Developer. i.e You have no control over GC .. To be sure that the GC collects your Form whenever it runs set it to null when its use is over.

[sunil_bhambani123]

Hi,

If you want to explicitly call Garbage Collector you can use System.gc() or Runtime.getRuntime().gc(). But this also wont guarantee that Garbage Collection will take place, atleast will inform GC that application needs Garbage collection to be done.

[raj_J2ME]

Hi,
Note that -

Java runtime system performs the garbage collection asynchronously depending on the available resources. When there are no more references to an object, the object is finalized and when the Garbage Collections starts these finalized objects gets collected.

Sometimes you need to run garbage collector explicitly just before some memory intensive task. You can run garbage collector by this statement.

System.gc();

Finalization process can also be invoked explicitly using the following statement. After the execution of this statement all the objects those are without reference, are finalized.

System.runFinalization();

The best disscussion I have seen so far..go through
http://chaoticjava.com/posts/how-doe...llection-work/

[mikecotic]

to all those who told to do something = null; -> guys i don't reference this form in my code!
and to the last guy thank you very much.

[Tiger79]

sorry,
thought u had an object just like in ur description of ur situation :
the frm form

which u dont need anymore, so u can actually set it to null (frm == null), which will be cleaned up next time the gc will be run by the os...
but if u say u dont reference it, then I guess there is no way for urself to "hint" a gc to the os...