On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Matthew Jensen wrote:
> > > The problem with this code is that after the call to getResults(), the
> > > OQLQuery instance goes out of scope - hence it is marked for garbage
> > > collection.
> >
> > this is strange. Are you sure this is the reason? Java objects are
> > allocated on the heap so it doesn't matter if it goes out of scope or not
> > as long as there is a reference to it. The garbage collector will not
> > deallocate an object that has a reference to it.
>
> I had the same problem when i wrote an Iterator to sit on top, and
> came to the conclusion that it was going out of scope some how... but
> i came to the same conclusion that you made, there was still a
> reference to it so it shouldnt be destroyed.. I think its because a
> subsequent querie may re-use some resouce that the first query was
> using.. im not sure.
where is the reference to it? After seeing the initial email I looked
through what I think is the right bit of code, and it seems to make
perfect sense that it was garbage collected. For my use I think I'll be
patching it (and post it if ppl want) unless someone can proove that the
initial email was not correct.
cheers
dim
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