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I have a class, say A which is runnable. When A is created it creates one
or more threads. Thus each of these threads have a reference to the
instance of A. Therefore when the client that created A is done using it,
the instance of A cannot be garbage collected.

Is there any way to notify the threads to exit when the thread that
created A is done using it.

Thanks.

Shirish.

> I have a class, say A which is runnable. When A is created it creates one
> or more threads. Thus each of these threads have a reference to the
> instance of A.

Only if you keep a reference floating around. If not, there is no reference
kept anywhere and they will be garbage-collected some time later.

Shirish Rai wrote:
> I have a class, say A which is runnable. When A is created it creates one
> or more threads. Thus each of these threads have a reference to the
> instance of A. Therefore when the client that created A is done using it,
> the instance of A cannot be garbage collected.
>
> Is there any way to notify the threads to exit when the thread that
> created A is done using it.

You'll have to take some explicit action at the end of the client that
creates A. That action could involve setting a boolean flag inside A or
interrupting the threads that are running A's code.

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Skippy wrote:
> > I have a class, say A which is runnable. When A is created it creates one
> > or more threads. Thus each of these threads have a reference to the
> > instance of A.
>
> Only if you keep a reference floating around. If not, there is no reference
> kept anywhere and they will be garbage-collected some time later.

It seems clear that in Shirish's case, the threads are created to run
the instance of A in the first place, so yes they would reference it.

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