ThreadLocal & Memory Leak

Question

It is mentioned at multiple posts: improper use of ThreadLocal causes Memory Leak. I am struggling to understand how Memory Leak would happen using Thread

Answer 1

Below code， the instance t in the for iteration can not be GC. This may be a example of ThreadLocal & Memory Leak

public class MemoryLeak {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Thread(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
                    TestClass t = new TestClass(i);
                    t.printId();
                    t = null;
                }
            }
        }).start();
    }


    static class TestClass{
        private int id;
        private int[] arr;
        private ThreadLocal threadLocal;
        TestClass(int id){
            this.id = id;
            arr = new int[1000000];
            threadLocal = new ThreadLocal<>();
            threadLocal.set(this);
        }

        public void printId(){
            System.out.println(threadLocal.get().id);
        }
    }
}