Vishal Singh

Denver,
It is not necessarily true that a variable outside any method is an instance variable. This is because it could be a class (denoted by static) variable. Static or class variables do not belong to the instances but they belong to the whole class. An example of static variable would be a static integer that keeps a count of how many instances or objects you created in the program.
Hope it helped you understand the point better.

Vishal

Sunny,
I think you are all set!


Vishal

Here is one good link on some practice tests:
http://www.javacertificationexams.com/scjp-mock-exams.php

But Sunny,
object b ie. String b is still being referenced and returned at
line 6. So it wont be eligible for GC. Am i right?


Vishal

Excellent question Ankit.

Thanks Kaydell!!!