On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 22:54:54 GMT, Mandy Chung <mch...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> This patch replaces some uses of `Reference::get` to `Reference::refersTo` to 
> avoid keeping a referent strongly reachable that could cause unnecessary 
> delay in collecting such object.   I only made change in some but not all 
> classes in core libraries when working with Kim on `Reference::refersTo`.    
> The remaining uses are left for the component owners to convert at 
> appropriate time.

Good to use this done in the same release as refersTo was added.

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Marked as reviewed by alanb (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1609

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