JVM heap analysis with Java Flight Recorder Here’s how the Java Flight Recorder’s Old Object Sample event works. When a recording is started, a fixed number of objects from the Java heap are tracked.

Yes, what you said happens.<BR><BR>The GC can figure out what you're doing easier if you make a = null before you assign a = new aClass () again. (At least, it did in the 1.2 era. No idea if the ...