Java: Why does this not get garbage collected?

Question

Quick question about the theory of GCing. I have the following method. It runs, and exits the method. How come even after GC is run, the timer still exists and keeps \"TI

Answer 1

How do you know the GC ran? Garbage collection in general is not a deterministic thing, and it's definitely not triggered by method scope. It's not like C++ where you leave scope of a function and destructors fire. It will get around to collecting that memory if and when the GC feels like it.