Re: Just realized that I probably have another memory leak in RPG calling Java -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Just realized that I probably have another memory leak in RPG calling Java
From: "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:28:10 -0800
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On 11/21/13 7:50 AM, Matt Olson wrote:

I thought JAVA has a garbage collector making memory leaks a thing of
the past. So that once the variable goes out of scope or if you
explicitly set it to null the garbage collector will release that
memory. Same thing happens in .NET...

That only applies when calling Java from Java, because Java knows when it's cleared all references to an object, rendering it garbage-collectable. When you're returning an object to an ILE program, you have to explicitly tell Java when you've finished with the object.

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JHHL

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