Mark, You are listed as an author of java.lang.ref classes. So you must know more than others. Could you shed light on this?
Thank you, Dmytro From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: PhantomReference: why not cleared by GC when enqueued? Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 14:45:54 +0300 Hello, Why phantom references are not automatically cleared by the garbage collector as they are enqueued? Keeping phantom reachable objects in heap has some drawbacks: 1. At least 2 GC are required in order to reclaim them, even in case when application code pulls references from reference queue and clears them promptly. 2. GC pauses are increased since phantom reachable objects are still to be marked. On the other hand, benefits are not obvious. How we can use referent if it's not accessible? Regards, Dmytro
