java - Can nulling a method variable make it garbage collectable? -

java - Can nulling a method variable make it garbage collectable? -

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does setting java objects null anymore? 4 answers

background: have method bunch of fiddling copies of giant lists , running our of memory. of in single method scope.

question: luckily need original giant list @ origin of method. in method, setting list null allow garbage collecting it? or jit or compiler automatically dereference variable sees no longer used? i'm thinking minor optimization allow before garbage collection.

there no need nullify variable. article on garbage collection (that worth read) can found here. looking section labeled "explicit nulling"

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