To make that clear:

the method you described helps to free memory at the detached
BranchGroups formely parent?

N. Vaidya schrieb:
> When a BranchGroup is detached, Java 3D will not let go
> of the memory
> retained by that BranchGroup. The workaround, and a
> pretty dumb one at that,
> I've devised is to simply attach and detach a dummy
> BranchGroup to flush
> out the retained memory. And this has been acknowledged
> by Kelvin Chung as
> an effective workaround. IIRC the BugId for this is
> 4884065.
> Clearly one of the most annoying bugs that need to fixed
> when Java 3D goes
> public.
>
> Chien may have probably more to tell you on this subject
> since I've
> *bugged* (no pun intended) him quite a bit about that
> recently :-).
>
> Vaidya
>
>
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