2012/11/2 Latimerius <[email protected]> > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hold on a second. > > > > Calling start() on a thread surely keeps a reference somewhere that would > > prevent the thread from being GC'd while it's still running. > > I would hope it doesn't but this is Java so yeah, possibly. >
http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.mat.ui.help%2Fconcepts%2Fgcroots.html >>> Garbage Collection Roots A garbage collection root is an object that is accessible from outside the heap. The following reasons make an object a GC root: .... snip ... Thread A started, but not stopped, thread. <<< Also see this: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2423293 -- K > > One thing I know though is that the GC is quite happy to collect for > instance an active MediaPlayer if you don't keep a reference to it - > and this is a much higher-level class where behind-the-scenes > global/static bookkeeping is more likely than with a simple low-level > Thread class... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
