Garbage Collector

[giorgi]

hello guys.i have a question.

in this code i can count how many object is made:

public class Test{
int count=0;
public Test(){
count++;
}
}

now i want to count how many object is deleted by GC.has anybody an idea how to do that?
thanx

[kjkrum]

in this code i can count how many object is made:

No, you can't... count will be 1 in every Test object you create with that constructor.

[quad64bit]

You can get statistics like this using profiling tools - netbeans has a nice suite of them built in! :D

[Dark]

I'm not sure why you're trying to count objects that got deleted. As far as I know theres no command to check if an object was deleted.

If you set a reference to null, or reference it to something else the abandoned object will get collected by the garbage collector.

[giorgi]

No, you can't... count will be 1 in every Test object you create with that constructor.

you are right.i missed one thing.now it works and counts what i want.the code is

public class Test {
static int count=0;
public Test(){
	count++;
}
}

i know that GC deetes an object when the reference on it is lost,but sometimes may GC does not.now my exercise is to count how many objects are deleted by GC.do you understand what i want?it is my school exercise

[JosAH]

i know that GC deetes an object when the reference on it is lost,but sometimes may GC does not.

Sometimes it doesn't? Does the garbage collector have a free will or something? eeeeeewww!

kind regards,

Jos

[Dark]

The roundabout answer is no, as it seems from the general consensus. Every object that is abandoned is collected by the Garbage Collector.

If you need to display it somehow the only real way would be either to display the amount of objects created, or make another counter to go up every time a reference to an object is changed.

IE

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
     Object ref1 = new Object();
     garbageCount++;
}
if (ref1 != null) garbageCount--;
System.out.println("Objects collected  by the garbage collector: " + garbageCount);

But then, whenever your program exits, the garbage collector gets rid of all of your objects, references and variables so again the number would be the same as your number of objects made.

[Tolls]

You could try finalize () (**spit**).
However, this will change how garbage collection works...and isn't actually run at the moment the thing has been gced. It's simply run when it gets to its turn in the finalisation queue is reached. And then it becomes eligible for gc.

But if you want something to show that an object has become eligible for gc, then that might do the job. Note, do not try this in real code without knowing what you're doing.

[kjkrum]

You may be able to achieve what you want by overriding Object.finalize().

To be completely correct, you should increment and decrement your object count in synchronized static methods. Read the section titled "Publication and data visibility" on this page.

[Tolls]

Ha HA!
Finally!
I got in first!

(Tolls does pointless and ever-so-slightly-embarrassing victory dance)

[JosAH]

(Tolls does pointless and ever-so-slightly-embarrassing victory dance)

This looks ever so silly; aren't you ashamed of yourself? And get off that piano.

kindest regards,

Jos ;-)

[giorgi]

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
     Object ref1 = new Object();
     garbageCount++;
}
if (ref1 != null) garbageCount--;
System.out.println("Objects collected  by the garbage collector: " + garbageCount);

As i know the GC is free in its work,so we are not sure if it works when the ref1=null.

[JosAH]

As i know the GC is free in its work,so we are not sure if it works when the ref1=null.

That code doesn't even compile because ref1 is out of scope when it's tested for being null.

kind regards,

Jos

[Junky]

Rule #1 of Garbage Collection: forget about it!

You do not need to know about it.
You do not need to worry about it.
You DEFINATELY should not write code to change it in any way.

All that matters is that GC works.

P.S. Why is there no post #13? ;)

[JosAH]

P.S. Why is there no post #13? ;)

I have no idea; maybe the forum owners are superstitious; I bet this reply isn't visible either.
Garbage collector you said?

kind regards,

nobody

[Tolls]

Ooh.
Has the software changed?
(And I can see a post #13)

[JosAH]

Ooh.
Has the software changed?
(And I can see a post #13)

Junky gave a very good tip: forget about the garbage collector; simply assume an infinite amount of memory. People new to garbage collection want to 'help' it circumvent it with disastrous results. Modern garbage collectors are very well capable of doing their job (almost) invisible, just like repy #13.

kind regards,

Jos ;-)

[Tolls]

No, I mean the forum software.

I never touch gc magic (except via a profiler, or heap analysis).
You can catch nasty things otherwise.

[JosAH]

No, I mean the forum software.

Ah, yes, I don't know why the look has changed, the old look was fine with me, especially with all those google ads removed lately (now they're back again).

kind regards,

Jos

ps. and there are too many icons around that seem to mean something ...

[Tolls]

I only noticed because I couldn't find the buttons in their usual place, and I had to log in.

Then again, I never notice when Mrs Tolls moves the furniture around while I'm away in the week. She only does it to see if I notice, and I never do. Well, until I drop my beer on the floor because the table that used to be there has moved.