Re: byte[] out = new byte[MAX_NUM];
On Mar 27, 8:27 pm, Mark Space <marksp...@sbc.global.net> wrote:
moongeegee wrote:
I have java code as byte[] buf = new byte[MAX_NUM];
Should I free the byte[] after that? If I need to free the byte[], how
to free it.
I know C++, I need to do "delete [] byte", how about java?
It's normally not necessary. The array you allocated with "new" will b=
e
freed (or more properly garbage collected) when all of its references
are no longer reachable. But there are some special applications wher=
e
you need to "free" some object to prevent it being held when no longer
needed. So:
buf = null;
will replace the reference "buf" with null, and the garbage collector
will clean up your object in a bit. That's it, you don't need to call
any special method.
Why would you do this? The common example is a stack. Imagine a sta=
ck
implemented as:
public class MyStack { // untested code...
Object[] stack = new Object[20];
int top;
public void push( Object o ) {
stack[top++] = o;
}
public Object pop() {
return stack[--top];
}
}
If you look carefully at the pop() method, you will notice that the
array "stack" still holds a reference to whatever object was just
returned. The reference was copied, and stack still has a copy. Thi=
s
counts as a memory leak in Java, because you're holding objects when you
really don't need to. The usual fix goes something like this:
public Object pop() { // also untested
Object o = stack[--top];
stack[top] = null;
return o;
}
And now at least we aren't holding a reference when we don't need it
anymore.
Thank you very much for your help.
Kee Kee
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