Exam Objectives -
State the behavior that is guaranteed by the garbage collection system. -
Write code that explicitly makes objects eligible for garbage collection. -
Recognize the point in a piece of source code at which an object becomes eligible for garbage collection. | Supplementary Objectives -
Write code that makes proper use of the finalization mechanism to free resources before an object is garbage collected. -
Distinguish between static and instance initializer expressions and initializer blocks, and how they are used for object initialization and class initialization. -
State the phases involved in initializing the object state when an object is created using the new operator. | |