It's not something I would actually use but as long as we've meandered over to it, I might was well ask it. :)
Philosophically, I'm against people being able to call GC from within a request. Programmatic GC might promote the bad habit of depending on it over cleaner and tighter applications. If I see a request is taking up more memory than it logically should then my first place to look is the code, not the java. -- Michael Dinowitz On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So the question now is if GC can be called programatically after all >> references to a large 'object' is removed during a single request. > > While Brad points out that this is possible, I don't know if objects > are actually marked for deletion until the request has finished. In > addition, it's the kind of thing that you really don't want to get > into - if you want to manage memory directly, that's why we have > C/C++. The thrust of modern languages like Java is that memory > management should be something that the computer does, rather than the > programmer. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:331531 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
