On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 14:08:53 GMT, Florian Kirmaier <fkirma...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> modules/javafx.base/src/test/java/test/util/memory/JMemoryBuddy.java line 84: >> >>> 82: >>> 83: /** >>> 84: * Checks whether the content of the WeakReference can be collected. >> >> -> Checks whether the content of the WeakReference **is** collected. > > That's not true. At the moment of method-call, the variable might not be > collected. > It doesen't check whether it's collected, it checks whether it is > "collectable". Agreed that "can be collected" is technically more accurate (meaning that "collectable" is a reasonable choice for the name). Once an object is weakly reachable all `WeakReference`s are cleared and the object can be finalized. The actual finalization might happen later. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/204
