Garbage collection doubt

[Mahmoud Metwaly]

Assuming we have the following method

   
public f(){
  String[] s = new String[4];
}
 

Now by exiting this method, how many objects are eligible for garbage collection 4 OR 5 (if we are going to count 4 objects of the array + the array object itself)?


Thanks in advance

[Bob Ruth]

I'm going to take a guess and say one.

Here's why I say that: the statement instantiates an array large enough to hold four String references..... and then nulls them all. They do not contain instances of strings yet. So I think that the only object there is the array.
[ July 29, 2008: Message edited by: Bob Ruth ]

[Lino Larios]

I think that one only object the array , because the array is just holding 4 references variables
[ July 29, 2008: Message edited by: Lino Larios ]

[Ronald Schild]

Only the array object. All the references in the array are set to null as default value, and no String objects are created.

[Vinod Kumar Kommineni]

ya its only one object ... since they are not intialised to refer any object