What is a softly reachable object?
问题 I am trying to study the meaning of a soft reference via this 'Soft References in Java' article: https://www.baeldung.com/java-soft-references My problem in understanding this article is that it defines the term "soft reference" via the term "softly reachable object", but I don't know what a "softly reachable object" means. That is, an object in the heap either has a reference to it or doesn't, right? A reference either points to a valid object or is null, right? When does an object become "