> Hopefully, that is right. Although, I'm not totally clear on what the > differences between Soft and Weak References.
Here's what I found in the following article. http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/ALT/RefObj/ "The only real difference between a soft reference and a weak reference is that the garbage collector uses algorithms to decide whether or not to reclaim a softly reachable object, but always reclaims a weakly reachable object." and "The garbage collector might or might not reclaim a softly reachable object depending on how recently the object was created or accessed, but is required to clear all soft references before throwing an OutOfMemoryError." Hopefully that helps setup an answer for your general question. Oviously, I can't give any help on the Hackystat specific stuff. :-) --Tim
