question regarding call sites and garbage collection

[Jochen Theodorou]

Hi all,

assuming I have a method call x.foo(a,b), where x is of class X, a of 
class A and b of class B. And let us assume I will create a MethodHandle 
MH: X#foo(A,B). Is it now the case, that unless I don't keep a hard 
reference to MH anymore, that X, A and B cannot be garbage collected?

If I create a call site using/returning MH, won't it be naturally the 
case that I hard reference the handle? If the callsite is inlined, won't 
that mean that then we have those types hard referenced as well and that 
I cannot do anything against that?

bye Jochen

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