9.4.2 - Reachability Analysis
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What is reachability analysis?
💡 Hint: Think of how garbage collectors find unused objects.
List one example of a GC Root.
💡 Hint: Consider what types of variables exist during method calls.
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What is the purpose of reachability analysis?
💡 Hint: Consider what the data indicates about memory use.
True or False: An object is unreachable if it can be referenced from a GC Root.
💡 Hint: Think about how references link objects together.
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Explain how reachability analysis impacts performance in large-scale Java applications.
💡 Hint: Consider the implications of memory management practices.
Design a small code snippet that illustrates an example of reachability and what happens when an object becomes unreachable.
💡 Hint: Think about instance variables, and how you change their references.
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