From: David P G. <gr...@us...> - 2003-05-12 15:03:43
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> It is simplest to clear all the > soft references whose referents are not more strongly reachable. True, but if I understand what you are saying, the performance of this solution is pretty unappealing. The primary use of soft references is to cache things. If the cache is completely wiped every GC, then it isn't very useful to the application. --dave |