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t = null; // what happens to the thread?

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t = null; // what happens to the thread?

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The answer is that you may no longer have a reference to the thread, but the JVM still does. Once a thread is started, and as long as it keeps running, it is a root object. Root objects are the starting points for “things in use” that the garbage collector uses. 14. (Sect.