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Expedia Interview Question for Software Engineer in Tests


Team: SDET
Country: India
Interview Type: Phone Interview
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System.gc() is equivalent to Runtime.getRuntime().gc(). Both suggest java for garbage collection
Note: its just a suggestion. gc is run by java.

- Prithvi May 16, 2013 | Flag Reply
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Both are same. System.gc() is effectively equivalent to Runtime.gc(). System.gc() internally calls Runtime.gc().

The only diff is System.gc() is a class method where as Runtime.gc() is an instance method. So, System.gc() is more convenient.

- Anonymous May 16, 2013 | Flag Reply
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I agree this is just a repository of questions in interview and will help a lot. Everyone can google it. dont give adivces ..

- MuralKB September 10, 2013 | Flag Reply
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System.gc is a static invocation which internally will get a runtime object and calls gc method on it.

- MuraliKB September 10, 2013 | Flag Reply
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This seems like a bad interview question as calling the garbage collector is simply a suggestion to the JVM to run garbage collection and can be ignored. If you program's logic is dependent on garbage collector, then your program is faulty and needs to be redesigned.

- Anonymous June 23, 2014 | Flag Reply
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Why can't you just google such basic things? There is horrendous amount of material on the internet for such simple things.

- Saurabh May 17, 2013 | Flag Reply
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@Saurabh: You idiot. This site is a repository of interview questions. Do you really think people need help with the question _after_ the interview is over?

- Anonymous May 17, 2013 | Flag


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