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Hello ,

i want to know whether i need System.gc() for SCJP5 .

I think its not in SCJP6.

Thanks
 
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chetan dhumane wrote:Hello ,

i want to know whether i need System.gc() for SCJP5 .

I think its not in SCJP6.



Not exactly a "System.gc()", but you should no How JVM's garbage collection works and which elements are considered for GC when GC threads awake (You can expect a question on this).
 
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http://faq.javaranch.com/java/ScjpFaq#16diff15
 
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As Jari pointed out, explicit call to System.gc() was in the objectives of SCJP 5 but has been removed from SCJP 6...
 
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