When will Java WeakHashMap clean null key?

Question

In the code below nameRef.get() is null , after name = null and System.gc().

import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;

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Answer 1

Your demo has some problems. In fact, the size is 0 after System.gc(). In you situation is because when print the map's size GC has not finished yet, so the result is 1