Re: Remove JFrame from memory
Jesper Johnsen wrote:
How do I remove an object lets say a JFrame from memory?
Stop referring to it, then run out of memory.
I know that the garbage collector handles this - but this simple example =
does not release itself...
java.exe uses 10mb in the first wait stage, this increases to 20mb when t=
he JFrame is shown, but the memory usage never returns to the initial 10mb.=
So the garbage collector never removes the object from memory - why?
Others have answered, but the short version (as you would know from reading=
the documentation vis-=E0-vis garbage collection) is that you haven't run o=
ut of
heap yet.
package jframetest;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class JFrameTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try{
Thread.sleep(5000);
}catch(Exception Ex){}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Test");
You need to do GUI actions on the Event Dispatch Thread (EDT),
not the main thread.
frame.setVisible(true);
Ditto.
try{
Thread.sleep(5000);
}catch(Exception Ex){}
frame.setVisible(false);
Ditto.
frame.dispose();
frame = null;
while(1==1){
try{
Thread.sleep(100);
}catch(Exception Ex){}
}
}
}
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