I had some similar concerns with some data structures I maintain in Dynalink; I
specifically have a utility method to check if classes from two class loaders
are allowed to keep strong references to each other
(jdk.dynalink.internal.InternalTypeUtilities.canReferenceDirectly if you want
to
Hi Charles,
On 03/02/2018 09:22 PM, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
Put it another way: does a static reference from a class to itself
prevent that class from being garbage collected? Of course not.
ClassValue is intended to be a way to inject pseudo-static data into
either a class or a Class.
