When Is The Object Eligible For Garbage Collection?

Question

In the code below, given that amethod has been called. At what point/line is the Object originally referenced by myObject, eligible for Garbage Col

Answer 1

From Book OCA Java SE 7

An object is marked as eligible to be garbage collected when it can no longer be accessed, which can happen when the object goes out of scope. It can also happen when an object’s reference variable is assigned an explicit null value or is reinitialized.