WeakReference

 

/**

* The entries in this hash map extend WeakReference, using

* its main ref field as the key (which is always a

* ThreadLocal object).  Note that null keys (i.e. entry.get()

* == null) mean that the key is no longer referenced, so the

* entry can be expunged from table.  Such entries are referred to

* as "stale entries" in the code that follows.

*/

static class Entry extends WeakReference<ThreadLocal<?>> {

    /** The value associated with this ThreadLocal. */

    Object value;

 

    Entry(ThreadLocal<?> k, Object v) {

        super(k);

        value = v;

    }

}

 

在ThreadLocal源码中看到了WeakReference，所以来研究一下这个类。

package cn.chen.base;

 

import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;

 

public class WeakReferenceTest {

 

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        WeakReference<Object> weakReference = new WeakReference<Object>(new Object());

        if(weakReference.get() != null) System.out.println("no gc");

 

        System.gc();

 

        if(weakReference.get() == null) System.out.println("gc");

        else System.out.println("no gc");

    }

 

}

 

 

no gc

gc

 

Process finished with exit code 0

我们在调用System.gc之后，WeakReference所引用的对象已经没有了，变成了一个空引用。（JVM规范并没有规定System.gc一定要发生GC,但是只考虑HotSport的话，HotSpot中执行System.gc一定会发生GC）

HotSpot实现

JVM_ENTRY_NO_ENV(void, JVM_GC(void))

  JVMWrapper("JVM_GC");

  if (!DisableExplicitGC) {

    Universe::heap()->collect(GCCause::_java_lang_system_gc);

  }

JVM_END

不同的GC算法，它所对应的heap是不同的，调用它的collect方法，就会对相应的heap执行垃圾回收。

在Java程序启动时，通过指定：-XX:+DisableExplicitGC

如果打开了这个选项，当应用程序调用System.gc时，就不会进行垃圾回收了。