On Jun 22, 11:19 pm, Drifter <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't seem to able to get a Thread to be garbage collected. Below is > the source code (modified from HelloAndroid). I put a break point in > the finalize function and it never seems to get called. If I remove > "extends Thread" from the TestThread definition then the finalize > function gets called as expected. What's going on?
What's going on is the implementation of java.lang.Thread is adding the object to a ThreadGroup when the object is first created. However, the ThreadGroup.remove() call is only made from inside the VM when a thread exits. Since the thread is never started, it's never removed from the ThreadGroup, and you're leaking TestThread objects. This would be a bug. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
