There are some exeptions to this. One that I'm aware of is a database connection. When in doubt, explicitly destroy all created items.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 2:56 PM Subject: Re: Question about beans and memory... > Thanks... that's what I hoped... so now I just have to make sure I don't > grow any unnecessary branches to stuff...:) or buy a weed wacker to get rid > of it all :-D > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Will Hartung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 2:57 PM > Subject: Re: Question about beans and memory... > > > > Imaging your Bean as being a branch of a tree and all of the stuff inside > of > > it their own little branches. When you remove your bean from the session, > > you just snipped the branch off the tree. Anything within that branch that > > is still connected to the trunk of the tree through some other method, > will > > stay around, but all of the rest will Go Away. > > > > So, simply, as long as nothing references anything within your bean, then > it > > will all be reclaimed in due time. > > > > Regars, > > > > Will Hartung > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 11:29 AM > > Subject: Question about beans and memory... > > > > > > So, let's say I have a bean with a whole bunch of fields/variables/objects > > in it. You know, like some strings, some ResultSets (very short lived), > > some ints, etc. Ok, so I finish with my bean. I don't need it anymore. > > So, I remove it from the session (where it lives) and null it out > (searBean > > = null;). Hopefully it, at least, can now be garbage collected; what > about > > all the little objects that used to live inside of it? Are they now > > garbage? Or do I need to null them each out? I suppose I could have a > > method cleanUp() or something that would simply null out each object > within > > the bean and call that right before I was done with the bean, but I'm > still > > curious. Also, for request scoped beans, presumably they're garbage > nearly > > immediately (i.e., right after the request is over). Do I have to null > out > > they're objects to make them garbage? > > > > Ok... enough babbling for now. > > > > Michael Nicholson, > > Carolina Center for Public Service > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
