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Subject: Re: How do I dereference a static string
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 19:29:49 -0400
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On 11/3/2022 1:05 PM, C.D. Altenburg, Ph.D, wrote:
> Say I have the string
> 
> public static string foo = "foo";
> 
> can I just do
> 
> foo = null;
> 
> in order to dereference that string?

It is a valid statement.

But note that Java does not use reference
counting for memory management so setting
references to null when "done" is
very rare in Java (doing it when "ready"
is seen).

Arne