When is a Java local variable eligible for GC?

Question

Given the following program:

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class GCTest {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
             


        

Answer 1

Slightly off-topic, but finalize() should never be used to close() a file. The language does not guarantee that finalize() will ever get called. Always use a try ... finally construct to guarantee file closure, database cleanup, etc.