Yes, so the reference to my object is gc'd, not the object itself (as
long its key is not strongly referenced anywhere else) when I remove an
object from the HashMap
  right?

On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 16:59, micael wrote:
> If you still have a reference to the object in the HashMap the object won't 
> be gced.  The weak hash map is just a weak hash map, not a "weak 
> application" in the appropriate sense.
> 
> At 04:48 PM 12/6/2002 -0200, you wrote:
> >   This is actually about java in general
> >   I just to assure I understood the concept of WeakHashMap. What is weak
> >referenced in this map is the keys, right? So, let's say I have a
> >WeakHashMap and a HashMap, both with the same key/value pairs. When I
> >remove an object from the HashMap the garbage collector will remove its
> >REFERENCE in the WeakHashMap object, but not necessarily the object,
> >correct?
> >
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