dangling pointers java using arrays [duplicate]

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Creating a dangling pointer using Java

how to create dangling pointers in java but this time using arrays as memor开发者_JAVA百科y allocators?

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There can't be dangling pointers in Java. The language is defined in a way that makes it impossible.

Object will only ever be removed by garbage collection when they are no longer reachable.

The closest you can get to a dangling pointer is a reference that holds null (i.e. doesn't point to any object). But that's still a defined value with defined behaviour.

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Since Java uses a garbage collector, it's impossible to create a dangling pointer in Java. I guess if you misinterpret what a "dangling pointer" is, you could see the null pointers a newly created array (of a reference type) is filled with as "dangling pointers".

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You cannot create a dangling pointer or reference in Java Creating a dangling pointer using Java