How to make the java system release Soft References?

Question

I\'m going to use a SoftReference-based cache (a pretty simple thing by itself). However, I\'ve came across a problem when writing a test for it.

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Answer 1

You could explicitly set the soft reference to null in your test, and as such simulate that the soft reference has been released.

This avoids any complicated test setup that is memory and garbage collection dependend.