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Java 9: Building Robust Modular Applications
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Java 9: Building Robust Modular Applications

by Dr. Edward Lavieri, Peter Verhas, Jason Lee
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
910 pages
33h 21m
English
Packt Publishing
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Persistent issues

Even with the advent of Java 9, there were downsides to Java's garbage collection system. Because it is an automatic process, we do not have complete control of when the collector runs. We, as developers, are not in control of garbage collection, the JVM is. The JVM makes the decision when to run garbage collection. As you have seen earlier in this chapter, we can ask the JVM to run garbage collection using the System.gc() method. Despite our use of this method, we are guaranteed that our request will be honored or that it will be complied with in a timely manner.

Earlier in this chapter, we reviewed several approaches and algorithms for garbage collection. We discussed how we, as developers, can take control of the process. ...

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