Take out the trash! When it’s applied to computer languages, that command conjures up a different meaning than the one you’re used to. In Java, trash, or garbage, is heap memory that a program ...

Java provides a way for the programmer to exercise control over memory management by marking certain objects as expendable via reference objects. Should an application’s memory requirements quickly ...

Java’s garbage collection features tend to confuse new developers. I wrote this two-part series on garbage collection to dispel that confusion. Part 1 introduced you to garbage collection, explored ...