Java解决空引用,java垃圾收集和空引用

In my studying for OCJP I came across the following question:

class CardBoard {

Short story = 200;

CardBoard go(CardBoard cb) {

cb = null;

return cb;

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

CardBoard c1 = new CardBoard();

CardBoard c2 = new CardBoard();

CardBoard c3 = c1.go(c2);

c1 = null;

// do Stuff

}}

When //doStuff is reached, how many objects are eligible for GC?

The correct answer is 2, meaning c1 and its story object.

When line //doStuff is reached, c3 is also null. Why isn't it eligible for GC too?

解决方案

c3 is a local handle with a null reference, it does not point (and hever has pointed) to an allocated object. Therefore there's nothing to GC.