November 2017
Intermediate to advanced
398 pages
10h 14m
English
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The principle of GC
The main principle of GC is to automatically identify data objects in a program which will not be accessed in the future. This is followed up by the reclamation of resources under these objects.
Java is a programming language that requires the availability of GC methods. These methods, in fact, are described in the specification. Garbage collection is essential in Java since it is a scripting language. The GC is developed with the runtime system of Java, which ensures that it is associated directly with the memory allocation method of the programming language.