强引用:GC时不会被回收
byte[] bytes = new byte[1024*1024*5];
软引用:内存不足的时候会被GC回收
//设置-Xmx10m,运行下面的test:
public void testSoftReference() {byte[] bytes = new byte[1024 * 1024 * 5];
bytes[0] = 1;
//软引用
SoftReference<byte[]> softRef = new SoftReference<byte[]>(bytes);bytes = null;
//输出: 1
if (softRef.get() != null) {
System.out.println(softRef.get()[0]);
}
//此时内存不足,触发GC, softRef会被回收
byte[] bytes1 = new byte[1024 * 1024 * 5];bytes1[0] = 1;
if (softRef.get() != null) {
System.out.println(softRef.get()[0]);
} else {
//再从softRef.get()则取不到东西:
System.out.println("doesn't exist");}
System.out.println(bytes1[0]);
}
弱引用:在进行垃圾回收的时候就会被回收
public void testSimpleWeakReference() {
String abc = new String("abc");
WeakReference<String> abcWeakRef = new WeakReference<String>(abc);
abc = null;
assertEquals("abc", abcWeakRef.get());
System.gc();
//gc之后abcWeakRef 被回收
assertNull(abcWeakRef.get());
}