Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 22nd Nov 2005 15:32 UTC, submitted by anonymous
While programs in the Java language are theoretically immune from memory leaks, there are situations in which objects are not garbage collected even though they are no longer part of the program's logical state. This article explores a common cause of unintentional object retention and shows how to plug the leak with weak references.
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it's only a minor issue hardly relevant to most java programs!