How to remove strings from String constant pool ?

[Jay Pawar]

Hello All,
Is there a way to remove the strings (declared by my program) stored in String constant pool ?

TIA

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

No. I've heard, however, that modern JVMs use a "WeakHashMap" from which unused constants can be garbage-collected if necessary.

[Tony Morris]

Given that Java is a garbage collected environment, you cannot destroy any objects. However, you can make objects available for garbage collection, including string constants.

http://jqa.tmorris.net/GetQAndA.action?qids=68&showAnswers=true

[Jay Pawar]

Thanks Ernest and Tony for your responses. By the way, Tony, excellent explanation on that FAQ# 45