Java SoftReference保證失敗

Question

JDK 7文檔有關於SoftReference說法：

“在虛擬機拋出OutOfMemoryError之前， 保證可以清除對軟可訪問對象的所有軟引用。”

但是，在我的測試程序中，我一直看到OutOfMemoryError （除了下面的'Stranger Behavior'部分） ：

// RefObjectTest.java

import java.util.*;
import java.lang.ref.*;

public class RefObjectTest {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        ArrayList<byte[]> leaks = new ArrayList<>();

        byte[] obj = new byte[10 * 1024 * 1024];

        SoftReference<byte[]> ref = new SoftReference<>(obj);

        // WeakReference is supposed to be eagerly GC'ed, but I see no
        // difference in terms of program behavior: still get OOME.
        //
        // WeakReference<byte[]> ref = new WeakReference<>(obj);

        obj = null;

        while(true) {
            byte[] x = ref.get();
            if(x == null) {
                System.out.println("Referent stands garbage collected!!");
                break;
            } else {
                System.out.println("Referent still alive.");
            }

            // Leak memory in small, 10k increments. If soft reference
            // worked the way it's advertized, then just before the OOME, the 
            // 10MB referent should have been GC'ed to accomodate this small
            // 10K new memory request. But it doesn't appear to work that way!

//          try {
                leaks.add(new byte[10 * 1024]);
//          } catch(OutOfMemoryError e) {
//              System.out.println(ref.get() == null ? "Referent cleared" : 
//                  "Referent still alive");
//          }

            // VERY STRANGE: If I re-instate the above try-catch block, then no OOME is
            // thrown, and the program keeps printing "Referent still alive" lines
            // forever until I finally kill it with a Ctrl+C.

            // Uncommenting gc() tends to delay the OOME in terms of time, 
            // but OOME eventually does happen, and after the same number of
            // iterations of this loop. 
            // 
            // System.gc();
        }
    }
}

這是輸出：

$ java -Xmx15m RefObjectTest
Referent still alive.
  ...
Referent still alive.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
        at RefObjectTest.main(RefObjectTest.java:38)

陌生人的行為

什么是非常奇怪的是，如果我重新啟動try-catch塊，該程序似乎永遠運行正常，打印“Referent仍然活着”。 直到我累了並殺了它。

$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_45-b18)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.45-b08, mixed mode)
$ 
$ uname -a
Linux ida 3.10.11-100.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Sep 9 13:06:31 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

我在這一切中缺少什么？

Answer 1

這一點都不奇怪，分配失敗就是拋出異常。 通過捕獲異常，你說程序可以繼續，通過不捕獲異常，你說你無法處理它並退出程序。

在你的while循環中你正在做：

        byte[] x = ref.get();

這是從您的軟參考創建一個新的強引用。 一旦你這樣做，它就不再有資格收集。 在繼續執行新分配之前，您不會清除強引用。

完成測試后， x = null 。